Jekyll Island Sunrise
Jan 6, 2019 09:29:25 #
Jekyll Island is one of the Golden Isles of the Georgia barrier islands. The island is owned by the State of Georgia and run by a self-sustaining, self-governing body. Jekyll Island is one of only four Georgia barrier islands that has a paved causeway to allow access from the mainland by car. Like the other Golden Isles, Jekyll is mostly made of older Pleistocene land mass and smaller sections of younger Holocene land. The climate is humid subtropical, with rainfall concentrated in the hottest months.
In 1510 explorers from Spain were the first to land at Jekyll Island, naming it Isla De Ballenas (Whale Island). Later Juan Ponce de León was appointed as the civil governor of this and Spain's other claimed North American territories. In 1562 French explorer Jean Ribault claimed the island for France and renamed it as Ille de la Somme. General James Oglethorpe established Georgia as an English colony in 1733. He renamed the island in honor of his friend, Sir Joseph Jekyll who had contributed £600 towards the founding of the colony.
Scenes from the films X-Men: First Class, Glory, The Legend Of Bagger Vance, Jekyll Island, Magic Mike XXL and The View From Pompey's Head have been filmed on Jekyll Island. In 2016, an episode for The Walking Dead Season 7 was filmed on the island.
Jekyll Island Sunrise by Paul Sager, on Flickr
In 1510 explorers from Spain were the first to land at Jekyll Island, naming it Isla De Ballenas (Whale Island). Later Juan Ponce de León was appointed as the civil governor of this and Spain's other claimed North American territories. In 1562 French explorer Jean Ribault claimed the island for France and renamed it as Ille de la Somme. General James Oglethorpe established Georgia as an English colony in 1733. He renamed the island in honor of his friend, Sir Joseph Jekyll who had contributed £600 towards the founding of the colony.
Scenes from the films X-Men: First Class, Glory, The Legend Of Bagger Vance, Jekyll Island, Magic Mike XXL and The View From Pompey's Head have been filmed on Jekyll Island. In 2016, an episode for The Walking Dead Season 7 was filmed on the island.
Jekyll Island Sunrise by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Jan 6, 2019 09:33:30 #
Jan 6, 2019 09:48:52 #
The Creature From Jekyll (a book) has doomed this nation. Read it and be afraid, very afraid. And this is a great pic.
Jan 7, 2019 09:41:49 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Jekyll Island is one of the Golden Isles of the Ge... (show quote)
Paul, excellent.
Greg
Jan 7, 2019 19:41:15 #
Jan 7, 2019 21:18:13 #
treadwl wrote:
You captured what I remember of the island quite well.
Thank you Larry! I was there for two days, for the first time, and had a great time.
Jan 11, 2019 01:59:34 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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The composition on this image grabs your eye Paul. Outstanding!
Phil
Jan 11, 2019 11:32:03 #
Thank you Phil, Greg, Will, Mike! I was out for the entire morning for two days at Jekyll where mostly I've just been culling the results rather than editing. This is one of the first from the first morning where I came running from the parking lot hoping to get set-up before the light got too bright. Glad you enjoyed.
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