Done Shrimping at Tybee Island
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Done Shrimping at Tybee Island
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A shrimp boat is docked at Lazaretto Creek Marina on Tybee Island after a successful day of shrimping. Sea gulls are attracted by the day's catch. Tybee Island is an island and city in Chatham County, Georgia near the city of Savannah. It is the easternmost point in the state of Georgia. The small island, which has long been a quiet getaway for the residents of Savannah, has become a popular vacation spot with tourists from outside the Savannah metropolitan area. Tybee Island is also home to the first of what became the Days Inn chain of hotels, the oft-photographed Tybee Island Light Station, and the Fort Screven Historic District.
It is one of the few locations where the U.S. Air Force dropped an atomic bomb by accident (during a botched 1958 military training exercise). Though the "Tybee Bomb" did not detonate (and, according to some reports, was not armed with a fuse), there has been ongoing concern since the Mark 15 nuclear bomb lost during the mishap was never found.
Every year since 1987 Tybee Island has had an annual Beach Bum parade, traditionally held in May. The parade route comes down the main road in Tybee, Butler Avenue, and when parade floats come by onlookers have been known to shoot each other with water-guns.
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March 21st, 2014
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Comments (76)
Audrey Wilkie
Woow... Priscilla, this is beautiful!! Great energy, composition and colors in this fantastic capture!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations on your hundreds of views, and welcome to the 200 Club. I am pleased to feature this beautiful portrayal of a shrimping boat!
Joel E Blyler
Wow!!! Beautiful image! Excellent work, Priscilla! I love the colors and the dramatic clouds! Congrats on all of your features! L/F
Walter Holland
Ahhhh.... the winged rats (I say that lovingly...I love seagulls) see something in the nets that the fishermen missed! Wonderful photograph, Priscilla. Very well done.
Donna Kennedy
Congratulations Priscilla! Your beautiful image has been Featured in our group The Gold Standard, because of its excellence!
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