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A close up view of one of the spare Sam Houston faces, that surround the Sam Houston statue on I-45, near Huntsville, TX. The Sam Houston Statue was designed and constructed by artist David Adickes. He dedicated the statue to the City of Huntsville on October 22,1994. It is the world’s tallest statue of an […]
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Highest Speed Limit Texas transportation engineers determined that 85% of drivers on the two segments of I-10 and I-20 were averaging 80 mph. 5 mph above the current 75-mph speed limit. So officials reasoned that raising the limit would simply be a bow to reality. This photo was taken on a stretch of I-10 between
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Fireworks over Galveston Bay – A 4th of July spectacle of lights over Galveston Bay. I captured this long exposure near Nassau Bay, TX. The view is east toward Kemah, TX. The crowd was pleased by the spectacular display over the calm bay. Each year, multiple communities surrounding Galveston Bay display fireworks.
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A Gossamer Blanket of spider labor. Along the Upper Texas coast there are vast areas of coastal prairie dotted with salt and fresh water marsh. While on a visit to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge one early morning, I was treated to this most unusual view. The marsh grasses were covered in spider webs, glistening with the
A Galveston Bay Sunrise taken from Kemah, Texas. The fiery ball poked up from a windswept bay on a cold and blustery February morning. Very few boats had journeyed out in the bay this day. This sunrise morning produce an orange glow through a thin haze and cloud. To truly light up the sky a
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Although I don’t live in Austin, I support the University of Texas through tuition payments and living expenses for a sophomore there. I received the customary iPhone shot of the snow that fell overnight there. Although not much snow fell, central and south Texas do not deal well with any type of frozen precipitation. The