Aerials: Marco Island, Florida
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This morning, flying along the Gulf coast to "Marco Island". Marco Island has two roads leading to it, one north and one east. Head due-east and you'll find nothing but the Everglades. Head north and after a few miles you run into Naples, FL.
Marco Island is an island, but a lot of the residential property is built-up like the subdivision I showed earlier. Fill-dirt and dredging create build-able land with deep canals for boats. This is typical in many areas along both coasts.
There's a mix of condos, houses, and hotels all over the area. This is along the beach on the northern portion of Marco Island
...and more to the south
These guys were watching pretty close. From 1500ft.
At the southwestern most point of Marco island is "Cape Marco" - fancy looking. These towers can be seen a long ways off coming back from Key West
...and some tourist stuff along the water too:
All shot with a Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Nikkor Qc 135/2.8 (c1974), and Nikkor 300mm/f4
Marco Island is an island, but a lot of the residential property is built-up like the subdivision I showed earlier. Fill-dirt and dredging create build-able land with deep canals for boats. This is typical in many areas along both coasts.
There's a mix of condos, houses, and hotels all over the area. This is along the beach on the northern portion of Marco Island
...and more to the south
These guys were watching pretty close. From 1500ft.
At the southwestern most point of Marco island is "Cape Marco" - fancy looking. These towers can be seen a long ways off coming back from Key West
...and some tourist stuff along the water too:
All shot with a Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Nikkor Qc 135/2.8 (c1974), and Nikkor 300mm/f4
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