Windswept Branches On Sandy Hook Bay
by Gary Slawsky
Title
Windswept Branches On Sandy Hook Bay
Artist
Gary Slawsky
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A group of branches positioned together close to Sandy Hook bay beach have been all been positioned to point in the same direction by the forces of tides and wind.
Sandy Hook is a 1665 square mile peninsula along the eastern cost of New Jersey that was discovered by Henry Hudson in the early 1600s. This peninsula is located at the southern entrance to New York harbor.
After the Civil War Fort Hancock was establish as a military base, armament proving ground and in the 1950s a Nike missile site. Numerous large bunkers that housed weapons to protect New York Harbor are scattered around the peninsula.
Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974 when it was turned over to the US National Parks Service and managed as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Today, Fort Hancock, the proving ground, some bunkers, and nike missile site can be toured as historical monuments of US History. The oldest operating lighthouse in the United States (Sandy Hook Lighthouse) can be entered as well as the attached lighthouse keepers residence that includes a Sandy Hook history museum.
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October 15th, 2017
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Comments (6)
Colleen Kammerer
Congratulations! This inspirational image was chosen as the “Photo of the Week” for the New Jersey Group!!
Nikolyn McDonald
Terrific lines . . . like they are reaching out to someone or something - it's easy to imagine another group of partially submerged branches off to the right . . . or maybe farther out in the water. This was one of my two pod's in the Best of Minimalism group for October 18.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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