Friday, January 24, 2020

Everglades, Florida Bay, Cape Sable, Whitewater Bay

Everglades National Park


Tents provided as rentals by the National Park service.





Looking southeast across a 'protected' Florida Bay






The end of the Florida (continental U.S.) mainland.  Shoreline composed of natural limestone bedrock.  (Cape Sable peninsula in the far background)







Wilson flying / monitoring his 'drone' across the mud flats of Florida Bay and Cape Sable.






The Snake Bight estuary along Florida Bay, hit hard two-and-a-half years ago by Hurricane Irma.









An endangered, American 'Saltwater' Crocodile, drifting in the bay-water cloudy with sentiment after a recent cold front that had blown through with strong, heavy northerly winds. (estimated 9 foot in length).









A small island, built of 'red' mangrove, beginning a new life in Whitewater Bay





With a rented skiff, all alone, in the middle of a large Whitewater Bay






My son Wilson, filming a sequenced, time-lapsed sunset across the 'sawgrass' prairie within the National Park





On our last day heading out, that same sunset now settling over the Glades area, noted as "Pa-hay-okee" (a native Seminole / Creek term used for 'grassy waters').




 

For a related and recent, more in-depth article about the survival of the Everglades; https://gardenandgun.com/feature/everglades-wild-hope/



 

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