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An almost 180-degree panorama taken from atop the observation tower overlooking the wetlands at the Indrio Savannahs. Although it is only mid-morning, the blazing temperature kept most of the wildlife out of sight and undercover and made the hike out and back one sweaty affair.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Indrio Savannahs, St. Lucie County
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For east central coastal Florida, this is quite an elevation change for a pile of dirt at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Florida, Port Canaveral
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Railroad crossing scenic — east coast Florida.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, railroad, Train
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Spanish Moss along the trail at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences reports that Spanish Moss is not a moss but a bromeliad. An epiphyte that grows on others plants without relying on them for nutrients, rather taking their moisture and other nutrients from the air and detritus that comes near it. And contrary to popular belief, Spanish Moss is harmless to the plant it is growing on.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: hike, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Spanish Moss
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Sam and I came upon this Beggar’s Tick (Bidens alba) along the trail at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). The Florida Wildflower Foundation calls it “…likely the most under-appreciated of all Florida’s native wildflower.”
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Beggar’s Tick, Bidens alba, Florida Wildflower Foundation, hike, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Sam
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Early morning hike with Sam through the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA), which is sopping wet from all the recent heavy rainfall.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: hike, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Sam
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This detail of an abandoned tractor reminds me of the scene in the 1956 science fiction classic Forbidden Planet when Robby the Robot says he rarely uses oxygen because it promotes rust. Sad that the movie presented us with such a sophisticated machine but relegated it to little more than the domestic help.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Forbidden Planet, Robby The Robot, Tractor
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The vampiric longing of the sea, which helps to understand why so many people must live near it.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Gulf of Mexico, ocean, Sea
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The old electrical power plant in downtown Vero Beach, formally the Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant, seen here gutted during an environmental cleanup, is now a popular micro-brewery. The building was constructed in 1926. For a time it looked like an ancient temple to the power gods, now it is just a fancy place to tie one on.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: American Icon Brewery, Indian River County, Vero Beach, Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant
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Riverview Park fishing pier in Sebastian, Florida. It’s pretty long sticking out into the Indian River Lagoon. That’s the Pelican Island Wildlife Festival going on in the park.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Fishing Pier, Florida, Riverview Park, Sebastian
