Warmth of the Sun
Glimmering Light Pools ~ Intense Summer-Sun Reflections
Quiet Quality Beach-Time ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. 

SUNRISE ~ Villano Beach ~ Atlantic Ocean ~ First Light 
Choppy Seas ~ Sunrise drama at the Inlet ~ Summer 2017 
4th of July Holiday ~ Northern Florida ~ Treasure Coast

(four more photos 'from this morning' in the comments)

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Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain in 1513. (Christopher Columbus discovered North America in 1492 but actually landed in the Bahamas). Other Spanish explorers later found gold and silver in Mexico and Peru. The treasure was sent back to Spain in ships sailing in the Gulf Stream. Spanish settlements needed to be built in Florida to protect the Spanish Treasure fleets. King Phillip II of Spain sent Pedro Menendez to settle in Florida and drive out French garrisons recently established there. In September 1565, Pedro Menendez with 700 soldiers and colonists landed here and founded St. Augustine making it the oldest continually occupied European settlement in North America ~ Treasure Coast ~ NE Florida ~ Saint Augustine Inlet 

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