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Park Zdrojowy on a cold night in Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
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SpaceX Falcon 9.2 first stage on the landing pad
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Decided to spend the morning snorkeling in The Bahamas. I am not great at it.
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Back at Key West, these chickens were guarding my car.
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Parting view of the fort as it drizzled on me.
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Utter isolation
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Hospital Key, in the process of disappearing
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The place is massive, but as soon as you get a bit away it starts looking smaller. The cannons could still shoot you three miles away, though.
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I imagine the intense joy of a prisoner or military man as they finally sail away from the fort for the last time
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The moat and some swimmers off the beach as we left
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Ruins of a dock, the camping area with the trees, and the fort itself
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This park service guy has massive balls
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One wall and a corner of the fort. They told us the correct name for the corners. I have forgotten,
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Catamaran
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Part of the stonework that held the first gate
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A gunslit (?) beside the entry door. It seemed like it was pointing the wrong way.
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The remains of cannon window shutter. A guy was playing a flute nearby.
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The stairs are a stack of triangular stones, held up by brick walls.
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Looking down a stairwell.
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The view inward on the second level of Fort Jefferson
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Birds birding
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The ride to the island and back. Carrying over a hundred people at 25 knots, it is impressively powerful.
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The island's iron lighthouse, sitting atop one of the six corner stairwells that connect the three levels
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With architecture inspired by ancient aqueducts, it's ironic that there was continuously a shortage of fresh water
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The one and only entry to the fort, which once had a legit drawbridge over the moat
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The swimming beach and people walking the moat wall. It started pouring after I took this photo and I got completely soaked on the walk back to the boat to put away my camera.
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One of the swimming beaches, at the edge of what is now the helipad
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Dry Tortugas Hermit Crab Defense Force
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Barracks ruins and the huge magazine
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A small bit of land that the fort didn't claim, home to thousands of birds
