Virtual Field Trip to the Carbonate Sediments of the Florida Keys

A side trip to Florida Bay

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Florida Bay from Flamingo

Florida Bay at dawn, from Flamingo, Everglades National Park. The islands are vegetated with mangroves, and the sediments in the Bay and on the islands are dominantly carbonate mud.

Space shuttle image of part of Florida Bay and the Upper Keys, courtesy of NASA.

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The Upper Keys

The Middle Keys

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Florida Bay

The Everglades

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