I did some Milky Way shots and also tried some panoramic nightscape images that included
Fort Jefferson, the dominant structure on Garden Key.
My wife makes the arrangements (www.nps/gov/drto) on this 10-site primitive campground on Garden Key, the same island where
Fort Jefferson stands and a short walk from the public dock.
About 10 miles from our destination, Doug spotted the 150-foot lighthouse on Loggerhead Key, 3 miles past Garden Key, which is home to
Fort Jefferson. The sight of land was a relief.
The aerial photo of Garden Key isle with
Fort Jefferson is breathtaking.
George Rogers Clark's
Fort Jefferson, 1780-1781; Kentucky's outpost on the western frontier.
Fort Jefferson National Monument (Dry Tortugas National Park) Florida Keys, (305) 242-7700.
In this 11th Barr mystery set in one of our National Parks, Park Ranger Anna Pigeon accepts a temporary post as supervisory ranger at
Fort Jefferson, a notorious civil war prison on Garden Key in Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park.
An f-15 Eagle leads a MiG-29 Fulcrum and F/A-18 Hornet in a flight over
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, near NAS Key West.
I was on a small fishing boat a 20-mile swim from the nearest land,
Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas.
There was once a
Fort Jefferson, but it was abandoned in 1781.
Clair was ordered to raise an army and chastise the Indians (May 1791); hampered by inadequate supplies and a poor understanding of frontier warfare, his army was surprised in his camp north of
Fort Jefferson (near Fort Recovery, Ohio) on the upper Wabash River and disastrously defeated (November 4); a later Congressional investigation cleared him of blame; he resigned his army rank but continued as governor of the Northwest Territory until Pres.
Trips usually run three to five days, which allows time to explore historic
Fort Jefferson, one of the largest of America's 19th-century coastal forts and site of the Civil War-era prison that housed Dr.