In late February, 2011, I had a chance to spend a few hours in the morning at South Beach in Miami, Florida.
These photos are copyright © 2012 Kenneth E. Harker. All rights reserved.
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The hotels at South Beach. |
More hotels along Ocean Drive. |
The Atlantic Ocean on a winter morning. |
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The beach was not too crowded early in the morning. |
Waves rolling in. |
Looking south down the beach. |
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A jellyfish rolling in the surf. |
The sand was very nice and mostly free of seaweed or debris. |
People playing in the surf. The water was a little brisk, but I think a lot of the tourists were from Europe, where the beaches have even colder water. |
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Some cargo ships off in the distance. |
More and more people showed up as it got closer to mid-day. |
One of the hotels on South Beach. |
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Most of the hotels have been maintained or restored to the Art Deco style that popular in the 1930s. |
The Breakwater Hotel. |
Even the Beach Patrol Headquarters building was designed in an Art Deco style. |
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Even the Beach Patrol Headquarters building was designed in an Art Deco style. |
Some people were flying kites. |
The water was a very turquoise shade of blue. You can see some seaweed floating in the surf. |
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The water was a very turquoise shade of blue. You can see some seaweed floating in the surf. |
The water was a very turquoise shade of blue. You can see some seaweed floating in the surf. |
The Hotel Victor on Ocean Drive. |
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Between Ocean Drive and the beach proper is Lummus Park. |
An old Art Deco hotel surrounded by palm trees. |
More Art Deco style hotels on Ocean Drive. |
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