I've no idea if the ship in this photo is a Maltese Tanker or not - actually I seriously doubt it was flagged in Malta and I'm not at all sure it was a tanker either. I just felt it was a good title.
Here's a tighter framing of the Manila sunset I posted yesterday. I think this must have been my last night in Manila on this trip as my next photos were taken in Switzerland, on my way back to Libya.
I believe someone once told me I hadn't lived till I'd seen the sunset over Manila Harbor. Well, one evening in 1990 I got that opportunity.
I titled this shot 'Strolling into Antenna City' for somewhat obvious reasons. I still don't think I've seen such a density of TV antennas since.
It was, as you can see, a grey day. The large vessel and the large cranes lurking in the haze are in Butterworth. Apparently, Penang Island and its main settlement, Georgetown, were the first British settlement on the Malaysian peninsular and date back to 1786.
Consequently we ended up down at the harbor at midnight, which is when I captured the image above. The low angle of the sun, hanging just above the horizon, provided 'golden hour' light for the warm tones in this shot.