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.
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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.
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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
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...and more to the south
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These guys were watching pretty close. From 1500ft.
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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
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...and some tourist stuff along the water too:
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All shot with a Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Nikkor Qc 135/2.8 (c1974), and Nikkor 300mm/f4

[aerialphoto]

...and on the way to Marco Island:

The Magic Kingdom (4500ft)
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The Disney World Ticket & Transportation Center (ie: parking lot, monorail lines to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom, and the Ferry Boats to the Magic Kingdom - plus bus service to everywhere in Disney World)
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Disney's Contemporary Resort
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Seaplane base in Winter Haven, FL
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"Cow Slough", southeast of Arcadia
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This is an area called "Lehigh Acres" near Fort Myers. Southwest Regional International Airport can be seen in the distance. Lots of roads, canals, and houses spread out.
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This is a typical subdivision built on land built up by dredging. They'll go into a square "section" and build up strips of land and allow the remaining portions of the section to flood. Florida is full of these subdivisions.
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[philiphutson]

Definetly like the flow of Marco Island would just like to see the white sand not as bright. The umbrellas and sailboats are interesting.
-Philip

[dseidman]

It's great getting some aerial perspectives. Nice set of images!

[aerialphoto]

Thanks for the comments :)

[Awais Yaqub]

Wonderful job. Thanks for sharing these unique views !

[thapamd]

Beautiful shots! I love the bright, saturated colors and the fantastic perspectives. :clap :thumb

[aerialphoto]

Thanks Awais & Mahesh :)

[IanJ]

Wow they're great! I love the richness of the colours and the angles are great. I do have a soft spot for aerial photography. One day I'll get round to trying it!

Ian