Sunlight and an offshore shower produced this double rainbow off Florida's east coast.
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Sunlight and an offshore shower produced this double rainbow off Florida's east coast.
Florida beach at low tide. Note the sandbar and sculpted sands in the intertidal zone.
Florida beach at low tide. Note the sandbar and sculpted sands in the intertidal zone.
Large, cliff-like beach escarpment produced by waves from a tropical storm. Note also the prominent animal burrow.
Large, cliff-like beach escarpment produced by waves from a tropical storm. Note also the prominent animal burrow.
Cliff-like erosion escarpment on a Florida beach. A large burrow into the face of the escarpment is visible.
Cliff-like erosion escarpment on a Florida beach. A large burrow into the face of the escarpment is visible.
This bucolic country lane in east central Florida is lined with cabbage palms and oaks, a scene that is made increasingly rare with ongoing pressures of urbanization.
This bucolic country lane in east central Florida is lined with cabbage palms and oaks, a scene that is made increasingly rare with ongoing pressures of urbanization.
Typical sandbars and sculpted sands left behind by a receding tide.
Typical sandbars and sculpted sands left behind by a receding tide.
Large, cliff-like beach escarpment produced by waves from a tropical storm. Note also the prominent animal burrow.
Large, cliff-like beach escarpment produced by waves from a tropical storm. Note also the prominent animal burrow.
Teams of turtle researchers survey Florida beaches to record each morning's new nests. On this beach, one out of eight nests is marked for further study as shown here.
Teams of turtle researchers survey Florida beaches to record each morning's new nests. On this beach, one out of eight nests is marked for further study as shown here.
Florida beach at low tide. Note the sandbar and sculpted sands in the intertidal zone.
Florida beach at low tide. Note the sandbar and sculpted sands in the intertidal zone.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach. Note the eroded beach escarpment from a recent tropical storm.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach. Note the eroded beach escarpment from a recent tropical storm.
Sea turtle nest on a barrier island in Florida. Note the eroded cliff-like escarpment produced by several days of heavy surf during Tropical Storm Fay.
Sea turtle nest on a barrier island in Florida. Note the eroded cliff-like escarpment produced by several days of heavy surf during Tropical Storm Fay.
Sunlight and an offshore shower produced this double rainbow off Florida's east coast.
Sunlight and an offshore shower produced this double rainbow off Florida's east coast.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach.
Typical sandbars andsculpted sands left behind by a receding tide.
Typical sandbars andsculpted sands left behind by a receding tide.
Teams of turtle researchers survey Florida beaches to record each morning's new nests. On this beach, one out of eight nests is marked for further study as shown here.
Teams of turtle researchers survey Florida beaches to record each morning's new nests. On this beach, one out of eight nests is marked for further study as shown here.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach. Note the eroded beach escarpment from a recent tropical storm.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach. Note the eroded beach escarpment from a recent tropical storm.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach. Note the eroded beach escarpment from a recent tropical storm.
Sunlight and a late afternoon shower produced this double rainbow above a Florida beach. Note the eroded beach escarpment from a recent tropical storm.
Cliff-like beach escarpment produced by waves from a tropical storm. A sea turtle nest, Seaoats, and dune vegetation are also visible.
Cliff-like beach escarpment produced by waves from a tropical storm. A sea turtle nest, Seaoats, and dune vegetation are also visible.
This photograph, taken soon after dawn from a sandy Florida beach, depicts Seaoats, a turtle nest, and the dark skies of a brewing offshore storm.
This photograph, taken soon after dawn from a sandy Florida beach, depicts Seaoats, a turtle nest, and the dark skies of a brewing offshore storm.
Sandy beach with stands of Seaoats and a turtle nest with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.
Sandy beach with stands of Seaoats and a turtle nest with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.
This photograph, taken shortly after dawn, depicts a sandy Florida beach with Seaoats and the dark skies of a brewing offshore storm.
This photograph, taken shortly after dawn, depicts a sandy Florida beach with Seaoats and the dark skies of a brewing offshore storm.