The Red Sea is a long and narrow sea area between northeast Africa and Arabian Peninsula. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest and the Gulf of Aden in the south. It is the highest salinity sea in the world (the Dead Sea is called the sea but not the sea), and it is also an important oil transportation pipeline in the world.
How did the name Red Sea come from? Out of curiosity, I searched the origin of this name on the Internet.
It turns out that today's name evolved from the ancient Greek name. The red sea will not appear red most of the time, but occasionally large red algae will appear in seasonal periods. Of course, scholars have other speculations about the origin of this name. For example, there are many bright shells in the Red Sea that make the seawater dark red, or there are reddish-yellow coral sand in the shallow sea near the shore, etc., and there are many explanations.
On the day of traveling in the Red Sea by boat, the sunny weather made people ecstatic. Seaside resorts are fanned out on both sides of the pier, with beach chairs, coconut trees and sunbathers in twos and threes facing the sea and enjoying themselves. Holiday mode can be as simple as that.
Boarding the cruise ship and gradually leaving the dock, the outline of the city seaside becomes clear. The city, mountains and dilapidated temples stand on the top of the mountain. The looming land in the distance is drifting away against the sea breeze, and the mood becomes soft, flying with the blue of this jelly. I am used to the fast-paced life in the busy city life. Occasionally, in this sea-sky environment, compared with the insignificance under monuments and giant stone statues, I feel the pure feeling brought by the sea and the vast sky.
The cruise ship sailed all the way to a certain place in the sea, and a bright yellow came into view. It was a submarine named Sinbad (looking at this yellow color, I suddenly wanted to sing the Beatles' Yellow Submarine). In fact, if the weather is warmer, the Red Sea is a good place for snorkeling, and people who love snorkeling will definitely enjoy it here. For a landlubber like me, submarine is the laziest way to satisfy the exploration of the seabed. Into the cabin, the seats are lined up on the left and right sides of the submarine. Everyone faces a diving window, and you can enjoy the underwater scenery outside the window in the cabin. The propeller at the rear of the submarine rotates rapidly and the motor growls in a low voice. A pair of exploratory eyes are staring out of the window at the moment, for fear of missing any beautiful scenery.
The seabed is not as colorful as expected. I don't know if it is because of the changes in the marine ecological environment. The submarine slowly dived into the water, with a drop of more than 60 meters, and finally saw a group of large and small fish, occasionally translucent hairtail and yellow zebra fish swimming in groups, swinging their tails from side to side. It turns out that no matter human beings, animals and creatures, what they pursue all their lives is almost the same, that is, "freedom." Walk freely, shuttle freely, and go where you want. However, the environment always limits this freedom, so we can only have limited freedom in this limited place.
The occasional ruins and shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea also make people have a shocking fear of the sea. Only many years later, who will remember why and how these sunken ships were buried at the bottom of the sea, but they have also become one of the attractions that tourists enjoy.
When the submarine is about to surface, the sun shines directly through the seawater, causing a halo, and the color of the seawater becomes bluer, which makes people fascinated and unable to open their eyes. I think, the beauty of the Red Sea should be the beauty in her color, and it should also be the beauty in her calmness, giving people infinite reverie about the sea.