It's Wordless Wednesday, Week of the Blue style, so it's also a Watery Wednesday.
I'm still celebrating all things marine and including a little urban marine ecology, too.
These pictures are from my trip to Florianopolis, Brazil to the International Ethological Conference (IEC) in 2003.
This is an aerial shot of Miami, Florida (USA). As one of the nation's largest cities, this coastal city is a typical urban marine ecosystem.
Florianopolis is actually an island, surrounded by beaches of the Atlantic Ocean.
A view from the center of the moderately populated town, the ocean is in the background.
Can you see it?
A better view of the ocean.
A better view of the ocean.I stayed in a lovely little pousada, appropriately named, Villa of the Water (translated).
This is the view from my door at the pousada. The ocean was literally only 2 blocks away.
The very cold waves crashes. It was August, and that is winter time in the Southern Hemisphere.
The island is connected to other half of Florianopolis and mainland Brazil via the Hercilio Luiz Bridge planned by Gustave Eiffel, yes, the same man who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris (which I hope to visit at my next IEC Conference later this year).
A view of the mainland metropolis city of Florianopolis. 