| Everglades National Park Photography by Martin Kucera (c) 2005 |
| Florida Alligator up-close. Any closer and the gator would run :-) |
| A vivid rainbow over The Everglades prairie shortly before sunset. Not a day here without a magic. |
| Secluded sailboat with a departing thunderstorm over Florida Bay. |
| Seemingly never ending Everglades prairie offers very private - no crowds, no hassle - quiet time. |
| White Heron patiently scans the surrounding wetlands for something to feed on. |
| Departing thunderstorm over northern parts of The Everglades. Late afternoon. |
| Almost the end of September. Both Hurricane Katrina & Rita passed through here. The storm season is coming to an end and water reaches almost all the way to the road. Usually there is almost none to be seen here. |
| The main road through the park. Some parts were under the water. The elevation here is low - somewhere around three or four feet above sea level, most of the time even less than that. Very scenic. |
| With the heating of the day lost the storms are diminishing around the sunset time leaving disturbed sky behind for a picturesque sunset. |
| Hardwood trees in the morning mist shortly before sunrise. Pay-Hay-Okee overlook. |
| Cumulonimbus cell going up over the prairie. Everglades N.P. |
| All Images & Text (c) 2005 FloridaLightning.com |
| Pah-hee-okee Overlook just off the main road, Everglades National Park, Florida |