We walked out to "Buddha Point" at the Resort, which is right at the ocean side of the Ocean Tower where we were staying to view the sunset on our last night on the islands.

Someone was sailing their catamaran out to view the sunset as well.

It is still about 10 minutes to actual sunset.

This is the point on the other side of the "bay" for the resort, and if you look closely, you can see the torches are lit along the walkway along the shore. There was a torch bearer lighting the torches all over the resort for the evening.

Just moments before sunset now….

Almost there…..

Contact!!!

Hey, what is happening to the bottom of the sun??

Hey look, it’s a ship on the ocean in front of the sun!!! If we had been down at the other point, we would never have had this perspective, just lucky, I guess!!!

As the sun sets, the ship gets a bright halo… As we watched the sunset, I think the ship was a cruise ship that turned sideways to the sunset to give the passengers a better view of the sunset, as the outline of the ship changed as the sun disappeared below the horizon. Based on the fact that the "Pride of America" was in the Kailua-Kona port this afternoon, and they sail between ports at night, I think this was our last view of your cruise ship, Steve!!!

It was a very interesting effect getting this complete halo around the ship as the sun dropped below the horizon. It was almost like a total eclipse of the sun!

Sun is now gone below the horizon, the ship is no longer visible, and within 40-45 minutes, it will be totally dark….