That’s how much of the planet is covered with water - a figure that’s summarized in abundantly clear fashion through the expanse of blue spread across the Aqua Terra’s Worldtimer dial. It’s a strikingly appropriate watch for a mission to explore the many textures of this stretch of coastline from above, and a watch that functionally and faithfully continues the traditions of geologic survey established by its predecessor: the Aqua Terra GMT “GoodPlanet” edition. Michael is wearing the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer - a dramatic, stainless steel specimen whose laser-ablated dial details look a lot like the myriad of colors painted below, where the Pacific, cold and turquoise, collides with muscular orange cliffs. He swings his 70-200mm lens in the direction of the islands’ jagged silhouette, lying faint and low in the distant horizon, and snaps off a few shots. As the Robinson’s shadow speeds along the jagged shoreline some 1200 feet below, I tap the shoulder of professional photographer Michael Lax who’s sitting in the front seat, and signal with my open palm and forearm out over the vast Pacific, “Farallones!” I exclaim into the headset. The pilot banks hard at historic Point Bonita and points the four-seater northwest, leaving the weathered mid-century lighthouse to fade into the San Francisco skyline, a white speck behind the tail rotor. But here we are - skimming alongside the Marin Headlands in a crimson Robinson R44 with nary a patch of fog to be seen, the late-summer sun bathing the cabin in a warm glow. Well, not this time of year, anyway - and most certainly not around this hour in the evening. ![]() The sun isn’t supposed to shine like this on the Northern California coast.
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