Nice image of a neat old building. But it made me think... (and forgive me for sounding sexist)... she looks good made up and in the dark, but what does she look like in the daytime?

Did he at least review the packaging?

Even though the Atlantic side of Florida escaped the huge damage seen on the Gulf Coast with Hurricane Ian, we did have coastal erosion from the winds. That was accentuated with this week's Hurricane Nicole, which only gave us 50-60 MPH winds but caused additional shoreline and beach erosion. My favorite beach is at nearby Patrick Space Force Base - no apartments, homes, or condos, and therefore very few people.

This storm washed quite a bit of sand from the beach but apparently left it deposited just below the low tide line in, creating a narrower but shallower beach. The sea grapes did their job in preventing major loss of dunes, but the first foot or so of sea grapes was sacrificed. Now that high tide covers the entire beach we may see continued loss of sand. I am not sure how this may impact the success of the sea turtles that return every year to nest here.

These photos were taken on the evening of November 11 with an iPhone 14 Pro. All photos are straight from the iPhone with no edits. It was almost sunset, and the weather was spectacular. The reason people become snowbirds.

Unfortunately, the Space Force has closed their beach for now, and most of the wooden dune access points - crossovers with either stairs or ramps - sustained some damage. Most were roped off, and I observed the MP at one beach parking area running people off. I found an access point by the officer's club that people were using to access the beach. It was not damaged, but the washed-out sand resulted in a drop of about 18 inches from the bottom step to the beach. I figured the MP would soon get to this area and tell everyone to leave, which he did. It was sad to be run off - it almost felt like a pilgrimage to a holy site - a few people coming to the beach and just standing, seeing and feeling the change to the beach.

View to the south from the crossover.

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Sea grapes held tight to the sand and limited the amount of the dune that was lost.

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Nice image! Gee - that line looks like a power/phone line of some type - it looks like there is a slight sag in the middle. But it would be a very long line indeed with no poles in sight!

Neat!

Very impressive photos. I upgraded from an iPhone 11 Pro to the new 14 Pro, mostly for the "fantastically upgraded camera". So far I am not all that impressed. It is nice to have an "ok" camera wherever you are.

Nice set. Always interesting to see how people in far off places live their daily life.

Nice set! I like the gourd.

Really nice! Looks like he is nicely bulked up for winter!

Nice/interesting set. Looks like they need to hose it down with a little bleach solution to get rid of the algae!

Very nice photos and car!

Nice set! I have a clump in front of the house. They are really pretty when the sun hits them at an angle.

I really like having my iPhone with me at all times. But - if I ever anticipate needing a telephoto, or enlarging the photos, I want my full-frame DSLR. On my planned trip to Rome, I will only take my iPhone - it will fit inside a zipped pocket, will take very good images to share with friends and relatives, will help me get where I am going in the city - AND - works as a phone! The fact that the iPhone automatically decides when it needs to create an HDR image - something most people have never even heard of - is one reason an iPhone in the hands of many may yield better photos than using a "real" camera without training.

I liked Butterfly World. Well worth a visit if you haven't been there.

Very nice!