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We've never had a Caption Contest(!) inspire so many song-lyric suggestions as this shot of (the aptly named) Don't Panic in last year's Big Boat Series. One reader Facebooked us a link to Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys, and another quoted Tubthumping by Chumbawamba ("I get knocked down, but I get up again; you are never gonna keep me down"). Annnnnnnnnnd the winner is:

"Oh, I thought you said you wanted a broach for your lapel!" — Michael Bender "More rail meat and fast!" — Sabine Faulhaber "Skipper insists on having clean sails." — Mike Turner "You said you wanted the chute down. It's down!" — Tod Beebe "Put that pillow away. This is no time for a nap!” — Kent Carter "Rehearsing our Halloween costume." — Pat Broderick "We should be able to clear the bridge now." — Alan Johnson "I am so tired. Time to take a nap." — Michele Stone "Secret manufacturer testing new gimballed drink holder." — Tom Wa "The seals want a blanket?" — Elle E'Clair

While we were having drinks at a beachside restaurant in San Diego, the entire dining room was watching the sun in its final moments above the horizon. We looked away for split second, before the restaurant erupted in a collective WHOA! We missed it. We've never seen the green flash. Like a prism, the Earth's atmosphere causes light to refract, showing different colors as the planet's angle changes relative to the sun. At sunset, the sun's rays have "more atmosphere to go through," which causes a wider range of colors to scatter. "Usually, most colors are 'refracted,' or bent away from our eyes, with the exception of warm colors such as red and orange," said weather.com. "Typically, greens and blues are bent away from our eyes as the sun sets. But for just a quick moment, a small bit of green light survives its trek through the atmosphere to our eyes." The green flash is most prevalent in stable, sinking air commonly found in high-pressure areas. And in case you didn't know, don't look directly at the sun.

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Attacked by the great white squid, the crew pondered the ramifications of all that calamari they'd ordered. — D. Weyant