A Southern Coastal Dune Lake

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.  

It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.   

(Henry David Thoreau)

COASTAL DUNE LAKES

I took these photos this past week along Scenic Hwy 30-A in South Walton County.  Coastal dune lakes are found in only a few places in the world.... New Zealand, Australia, Madagascar, and Florida's Northwest Gulf Coast.   There are 11 of these coastal dune lakes along 30-A; and Western Lake at Grayton Beach, Florida, is one of the largest.  The first two photos show the iconic view that greets everyone as they are driving into the Watercolor/Seaside communities.   The beautiful white sand beaches of the Gulf are just over the dunes you see in the distance in this first photo.  For more info about South Walton's coastal dune lakes, GO HERE.

I took these last few pictures this morning just after sunrise.   It was a beautiful, slightly foggy morning.