Purple skies above
Smell of summer everywhere
Hunger rules here
These Chinese fishing nets can be found in Fort Kochi. Huge nets that are put in the water and capable of a mediocre haul of seafood. They are fixed land installations, which are used for a very unique and unusual method of fishing. Operated from the shore, these nets are set up on bamboo and teak poles and held horizontally by huge mechanisms, which lower them into the sea. They look somewhat like hammocks and are counter-weighed by large stones tied to ropes.
The entire structure of the Chinese fishing nets is about 10 meters in height. Each fishing net spreads to about 20 meters over the water body and is operated by a team of some six fishermen. Each net has a limited operating depth. Due to this, an individual net cannot be repeatedly operated in tidal waters. There are different fishing nets for operation, depending on the state of the tide. The whole paraphernalia is such that that the weight of a man walking along the main beam is sufficient to cause the net to descend into the sea. (courtesy www.cochin.org.uk)
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magnificent colors!
Beautiful purple skies, and a really interesting way to fish!
Love those colors!
Very interesting story behind the photo, too.
Happy Sky Watch Friday!
Lea
Beautiful shot.
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What a lovely shot – the pink tones are amazing.
Splendid!
Such a peaceful sunset… Just love it!
This is too good.
beautiful view and amazing shot, loved it 🙂 hope he will catch many fish too 🙂 Visiting from #29 of BPC, hope that you can return the visit too.
Thanks Jessica
pretty cool!
Wow, that is very interesting..
Visiting for #29 BPC! Hope you can stop by:)
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What a great capture! I am amazed with your blog– it displays a different page color each time I came over! 🙂
Visiting for yesterday’s BPC. 🙂