After a night storm, a handful of shipwrecked men cling to a broken mast as another huge wave rears over them. In sailors' lore the ninth wave is the largest in a series. Aivazovsky, the prolific marine painter from Feodosia in Crimea, floods the scene with warm gold and green light, so that the rising sun offers hope as well as danger.
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The wreckage the survivors hold forms a cross, often read as a sign of salvation.
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