Most Popular - 2009
December 22, 2009 - "Along The Rampart"
Fort Jefferson is a three-tiered fort and six-sided with 420 heavy-gun emplacements. I can not imagine how many ship visits were required to supply 16 million bricks for the construction. There will be more historical items of interest to follow with additional posts. The boat trip there was fairly rough with some people getting seasick.
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"Dry Tortugas National Park preserves Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas section of the Florida Keys. The park covers 101 mi² (262 km²), mostly water, about 68 statute miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico.
......The park's centerpiece is Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"
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From Daily Photos - 2009
![November 28, 2009 - "B-17 Flying Fortress"<br />
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We were fortunate to get some shots of three planes (P-47, B-17, B-25) at the Galveston Flight Museum shortly before the planes left for an air show.<br />
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This is my attempt at creating a circa 1944 "Mission Ready" feel to this image. The SOOC can be viewed at<br />
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />
"The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), introduced in the 1930s. Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract due to the prototype's crash, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to eventually evolve through numerous design advancements.<br />
The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial, civilian, and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord.[4] The B-17 also participated, to a lesser extent, in the War in the Pacific, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields."](https://photos.smugmug.com/Collections/Daily-Photos/Most-Popular-2009/i-33Pfjhp/0/8e0320db/Ti/DSC_0772HdsOrSe-Ti.jpg)
Ian Brodie
on Jul 10Beautiful colours that showcase such an amazing site. Love the commentary - quality.
fotoeffects
on Feb 11Super perspective and composition!
Stephen A Ware
on Feb 11Awesome shot. I like visiting forts myself and am always amazed at the amount of work that went into building them.
Hershy
on Jan 01ditto jrogers
jrogers
on Dec 31Nice perspective and colors...great shot.
349390pitchingwedge33
on Dec 25really fantastic.....
428857RichardKane
on Dec 25Superb!
NatureMuse
on Dec 22Really nice, wonderful composition, colors and textures.
310343normvz
on Dec 22Excellent.... HDR?
dirkster
on Dec 22This is phenomenal...I love the textures and the moodiness of the weather. Beautifully done.