Tag : Sunrise

The Boardwalk of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

This photo post contains images taken during my Hello, Sunshine! trip’s photo walk along The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk & Promenade, located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It runs 1.2 miles (1.9 km) along the oceanfront from the Pier 14 at 14th Avenue North to the 2nd Avenue Pier at 2nd Avenue North and has tons of great family activities. There …

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Hello, Sunshine! Tips on How To Take Better Sunrise and Sunset Photos

Hello, Sunshine! Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

For the second year in a row, I traveled to the US Atlantic Cost for a beach vacation. The last year, during my trip to Tybee Island, I photographed a nice set of sunrise and beach photos – My Orange Crush – Spring Break on Tybee Island. Here is one of my favorite beach candid shots, titled Hello, Sunshine!, taken …

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My Orange Crush – Spring Break on Tybee Island

Orange Crush is an informally-arranged spring break mainly for African-American college students. The event was once a Savannah State University sanctioned party (orange is a school color). Now it’s a word-of-mouth event, with no official promoters or organizers. Young people travel to the City of Tybee Island to celebrate the end of term, enjoy the beach and have a good …

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Easter Island: My New Friends Moai

Moai are massive monolithic figures at Easter Island, and they are what the island is famous for. The statues are a part of the worship of the ancestor gods and built to honor important people of the tribes who passed away. Native islanders, called Rapa Nui, carved the idols with stone tools from compressed volcanic ash in approximately 1250-1500 A.D. …

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Mystery of Easter Island

Dedicated to the 13th Anniversary of my Intercontinental travel. Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, which is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai. It is the most remote inhabited island in the world. The nearest continental point lies in central Chile, at 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi). The name “Easter Island” (Isla …

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