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Spectacular Fire Island Sunsets

The sunset tonight over Fire Island was some of the most spectacular colors I have seen all summer. What was different about tonight is that when the sun was settting, thousands of giant dragon flies were swarming westward. It was truly a sight that everyone in town got to witness-- Acording the the National Benthological Society, Dragonfly swarms occur when there is a major change with temperature, wind speed, and dew point. I think the recent break of temps with the heat wave may have attributed to this. There was also a very strong wind from the North which may have helped with their strange migration. It was one of the freakiest things i have seen in a long time. It was like the movie the birds...

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Comments

gorgeous shots. nice job

National Benthological Society-must be one for the dragon flies. The weather here in Toronto today was almost half (mid 20s) of what it was last tuesday (40ish)! Nice site.

Was just passing through your site! Beautiful pictures. Beautiful fish! Love fishing! I'll visit again! ...Think I'll blogroll ya!
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