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Two views of Long Beach at Big Pine Key, Florida

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Top: trail along a vegetated beach on a sunny day. Bottom: mangrove tree in the foreground partly obscures a long low bridge.
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Top: Big Bay along the Long Beach trail, looking east along the Long Beach trail on Big Pine Key, Florida (FL). Note the angled shape of the vegetation caused by salt pruning from the prevailing sea breeze. Bottom: Red mangrove on the Long Beach trail, looking east along Long Beach trail on Big Pine Key, FL. Red mangroves provide critical coastal protection.

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