Today is the first day of fall, but the heat of the day won't release itself from the final throes of summer. The rains come and go, mostly during the night, but they leave behind a path of destruction. Many jellyfish line the beaches, offering themselves unwillingly to the numerous species of birds, such as the American Oystercatcher or the Sandwich Tern.
Hurricane Isaac, which ransacked the Gulf of Mexico at the end of August 2012, took with it significant amounts of the powder pink sand from Clearwater all the way down to St Pete Beach and beyond. Machines, boats and pipes are hard at work bringing in sand from the depths of the Gulf and redistributing it along the beaches in an effort to restore what was indiscriminately taken with unabated force.
In the mornings, as the night's storms dissipate, a beautiful sunrise bestows the early riser with a gift from beyond the horizon. And, then again as the sun journeys once more toward the West, its hues of red, orange, blues and purples, and all the shades in between, provide the observer with another gift of the cycle of life.
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| SANDWICH TERN |
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| AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER |
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| CRAB SCURRYING AWAY FROM THE WAVES |
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| VARIETIES OF JELLYFISH |
Hurricane Isaac, which ransacked the Gulf of Mexico at the end of August 2012, took with it significant amounts of the powder pink sand from Clearwater all the way down to St Pete Beach and beyond. Machines, boats and pipes are hard at work bringing in sand from the depths of the Gulf and redistributing it along the beaches in an effort to restore what was indiscriminately taken with unabated force.
In the mornings, as the night's storms dissipate, a beautiful sunrise bestows the early riser with a gift from beyond the horizon. And, then again as the sun journeys once more toward the West, its hues of red, orange, blues and purples, and all the shades in between, provide the observer with another gift of the cycle of life.
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| SUNRISE OVER THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY |
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| ANOTHER SUNRISE OVER THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY |
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| SUNSET - GULF OF MEXICO |
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| SUNSET BLUES AND PURPLES |
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| SWAYING TO THE RHYTHM OF THE SETTING SUN |
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