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One of my favorite shots of the fort.
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The Castillo de San Marcos is unique in North American architecture. As the only extant 17th century military construction in the country and the oldest masonry fortress in the United States it is a prime example of the “bastion system” of fortification, the culmination of hundreds of years of military defense engineering. It is also unique for the material used in its construction. The Castillo is one of only two fortifications in the world built out of a semi-rare form of limestone called coquina. Given its light and porous nature, coquina would seem to be a poor choice of building material for a fort. However the Spanish had few other options; it was the only stone available on the northeast coast of La Florida. However, coquina’s porosity turned out to have an unexpected benefit. Because of its conglomerate mixture coquina contains millions of microscopic air pockets making it compressible. A cannon ball fired at more solid material, such as granite or brick would shatter the wall into flying shards, but cannon balls fired at the walls of the Castillo burrowed their way into the rock and stuck there, much like a bb would if fired into Styrofoam. So the thick coquina walls absorbed or deflected projectiles rather than yielding to them, providing a surprisingly long-lived fortress. ^From nps.gov
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This was an immigrant worker housing building a decade ago, but now the roof is falling in, and the building is just completely run-down.
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Portland Head Lighthouse / est 1791 / Portland Bay, Maine Nikon D1 / Nikkor 28-105mm This is part of the CameraView of Lighthouse Calendar /
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Cape Henry Lighthouse / est 1881 Virginia Beach, Va Nikon D1 / Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 This is part of the CameraView of Lighthouse Calendar /
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St. Augustine Lighthouse / First Lit 1874 est 1823 St. Augustine, Florida Nikon D2X / Nikkor 28-105mm This is part of the CameraView of Lighthouse Calendar /
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Biloxi Lighthouse / est 1848 9 Mar 2002 / Biloxi Mississippi Nikon D1 / Nikkor 28-105mm NOTE: / Most of the palm trees and buildings no longer exist after Katrina This is part of the CameraView of Lighthouse Calendar /
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Cape Lookout Lighthouse / Est 1812 First Lit 1859 Cape Lookout, North Carolina Nikon D1 / Nikkor 28-105mm This is part of the CameraView of Lighthouse Calendar /
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Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse / Est 1828 First Lit 1874 Dape Elizabeth, Maine Nikon D1 / Nikkor 28-105mm This is part of the CameraView of Lighthouse Calendar /
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Chelsea, Thomas and I went for a hike today. This time we went to Pleasanton, that is the City I work for. We hiked to the top of Augustine Bernal Park. This turned out to be a 3.2 mile hike. The weather was perfect (about 70 degrees F) and we were not the only people up there today. From the top you can see the entire valley. Thank you for checking out my new work. Troy W. Smith
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All images copyrighted for Geicher Photography 2009
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St. Augustine Beach, Florida
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St. Augustine, Florida. 2008.
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St. Augustine, Florida. 2008.
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A storage area at Costillo de San Marcos in St Augustine, Florida.
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Taken with my Kodak Z712 on a gloomy day waiting for The Bridge of Lions drawbridge to open and close. I was in my car, in the driver’s seat, had nothing to do while waiting except look around and I’m glad my camera was on the seat next to me! What you see in the photo is ongoing construction for this bridge. / St. Augustine, FL – August, 2009 /
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Taken on St.George’s Street in St. Augustine, FL one early morning. I’ve seen this before, but in the early morning light it looked completely different….. / / / / / / / / / / / / / - /
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Taken with my Kodak Z712 at the St. Augustine, Florida Alligator Farm /
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Taken at the Fountain Of Youth,St Augustine, FL. / A Spanish ship wreck cannon from the 1500’s / / / / / / / / / / / - /
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St. Augustine, Florida….spring time… / this guy put on quite the show for the “ladies” / spreading his frilly wings, talking up a storm, and / laying each stick in his nest just so to impress them…combining dare-devil-like acrobatics in flight, / he was / such a beautiful, wonderful bird !
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silk painting in watercolor technique
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