Red Right Returning (#180)

When looking for a channel to return home, it's always nice to see a red marker. Keep the red markers on your right and you're returning to a home port.



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The Next Iteration (#179)

I like the horizontal lines mimicking the land.



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Miles and Miles (#178)

Miles and miles and miles and miles,



of bone fish flats.

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Moon Over the Fuel Dock (#177)

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Key West (#176)

The southern most beach in the U.S.



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Red Shouldered Hawk (#175)

In captivity.



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The Tarpon (#173)

These guys are everywhere. It seems that each waterside restaurant (lots of them) has its resident tarpon population.



Ironic that you have to use a boat to catch them.

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Current (#172)

When the current runs under the Seven Mile Bridge, it doesn't fool around.



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Watching it Go Away (#171)

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Tarpon Fishermen (#170)

At the base of the Seven Mile Bridge.



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The Rope (#169)

This cloud forms a line over the land mass of the Florida Keys.



This is the Bahia Honda Bridge.

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Kangaroo Cat (#168)

The background was just too busy - had to get rid of it.



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Cute (#167)

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PWC (#166)

The sky is a bit foreboding for the use of personal watercraft.



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The Fuel Dock (#165)

I just don't like the prices.



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Rain - at Last(#164)

After a dry week, moisture again.



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Sailboat Squeeze (#163)

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The Honey Bucket (#162)

In the Boot Key mooring field (Marathon), this pump out barge removes waste from each boat once per week.



Some one has to do it.

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Cordage (#161)

In a down economy, West Marine opened a new, improved, store in Marathon, FL. We liked the cordage display.



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On the Bay Side (#160)

As east winds keep the ocean riled up off of Marathon, the bay side looks deceptively calm.



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It Still Exists (#159)

Near Everglades City there are still miles and miles of intact mangrove shoreline. Thank goodness. To the north, in Charlotte Harbor, Hurricane Charlie killed much of the mangrove in 1994. Hurricane Wilma got the mangrove further south. Enough!



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On the Mooring Ball (#158)

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On the Mooring (#158)

In Marathon, FL.



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Lies (#157)

Actually, fishermen don't have to lie when they bring home the evidence.



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Say "Aahhh" (#156)

The on-camera flash really accentuated the mouth.



As if it needed accentuating.

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Wooden Block (#155)

Some old hardware at Ted Smallwood's Store, Chokoloskee, FL.



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Transportation (#154)

The Harley of the Everglades.



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Solitude (#153)

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The Stanchion (#152)

With decent light, a boat stanchion can be abstracted.

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall (#151)

I have no idea why this mirror art exists, except for my benefit.



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Early Morning Light (#150)

Nothing special about this image. Except that it's my first-ever image shot at ISO 3200 (Nikon D90). A round of Topaz Denoise makes the image usable, I think.



The other special item is that this is post #150 for 2010. It feels good to be well ahead of schedule for one post/day.

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Who knows? (#149)

There are lots of these purple daisy-like flowers in Naples, FL.



I don't know what they are.

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Golden Rain Tree (#148)

In Venice FL, the Golden Rain Trees failed to bloom in March, probably due to the cold winter.



But 80 miles south in Naples, they are blooming in late April. There is hope...

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The Chickee Bar (#147)

At the Cove Inn, Naples, FL.



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