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South Florida Kitesurfer
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A kite surfer capitalizes on having this South Florida beach to himself on a breezy May afternoon.
Big City Life Meets the Dinosaur Era at Burgeoning South Florida Sea Shore
South Florida is, amongst other things, home to an eclectic mix of island and Latin American culture, ostentatious yachts and girls in loudly-patterned, spiky high heels dancing at jam-packed clubs til the balmy dawn. During a recent Saturday night art show in Miami, the streets were alive with the excitement of art debuts, galleries offering freshly rolled cigars and rum to a steady stream of visitors. The scene was a whirlwind of innovative art displays, DJs spinning tunes against mural backdrops, hypnotic violet lights falling upon exotic dancers and the flashing of photographers capturing it all.
A guy in a wide-brimmed hat pulling a Machete from his trunk caught my eye.
Whack!
He cut a coconut cleanly in two, poured in a shot of rum, adorned it with a tropical umbrella and promptly sold it to a bystander. Clearly I wasn't in Santa Cruz anymore.
Left-to-right: The Elle Magazine yacht, Miami art show piece, South Florida from the water.
South Florida, as it turned out, was pretty much the polar opposite of Santa Cruz: tropical air and water temps, night life that starts after midnight and sprawling high-rise buildings at the beach. Amidst all the commotion of city life, sea turtles, creatures which have inhabited the world's oceans since the age of the dinosaurs, still come to lay their eggs.
To prevent their trampling by throngs of beach goers, sea turtle nesting areas are cordoned off, and the street lights dimmed during nesting season (May through October). Still, the future of these magnificent animals remains uncertain. Globally, they are threatened by fisheries bycatch, direct take, coastal development, pollution and pathogens, and climate change, amongst other factors.
It is estimated that thousands to tens of thousands of turtles are trapped in longlines, gill nets and trawls every year and needlessly perish. Sadly, they are also as killed and sold as exotic food, oil, leather, and jewelry around the world. To read more about the seven sea turtle species that inhabit our oceans and what you can do to protect them, check out SeaTurtleStaus.org.
Information about wise seafood choices can be found at Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program and the Marine Stewardship Program.
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