A U.S. Sailor dressed as Poseidon, the Greed god of the sea, aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) participates in a Crossing the Line Ceremony, an ancient seafaring tradition to mark the ship's passing of the Equator while under way in the Pacific Ocean May 12, 2011.
Carl Vinson is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans, U.S. Navy) Original public domain image from Flickr