Charleston, South Carolina city jail. 1802 thru 1939.
It also served as the city asylum.
The last of the 18th century pirates were held and executed here.
“If you have a message you want to send to hell, give it to me, and I’ll carry it!” ; Lavinia Fisher on the gallows at the Charleston jail.
Far from the plantations tourist visit this front porch is empty. No reason you can’t stop here, or sit for a while.
First you must find it. After that drive the 2 miles (3.2 K) down a dirt road. Here you will see how alone, out in marshes and rice fields, a real plantation could be.
A beautiful place though.
It’s not easy to photograph an animal underwater, from the shore. Most all the images I capture are a dorsal fin sticking out of the water. Hardly exciting, unless you are there.
You don’t typically see much of Dolphins feeding, or even stranding, until the last few seconds. However a lot happens up to that point.
The first clue is the huge exhale, breathing through their blow hole. In this place it is loud, and close. Dolphins first swim close, along the shore looking up to be sure there is no danger on the sand where the fish will be stranded.
They also move as a group. Above there are 2 in this soft light swimming just feet off shore.
In the last image there is a little more happening. The dorsal fin close to me shows a Dolphin slowly gliding by. The back fin is not the same. Compare that fin to all the photographs in this article.
Several of us noticed sharks following the schools. Most likely this was a shark moving along with the Dolphins.
This stranding was a large one. I counted 5 Dolphin in the charge, an adult and young calf a little behind in the water. There was not a sound until a huge crashing wave hit shore.
There was a substantial number of fish pushed to shore.
The Dolphins came in shoulder to shoulder, almost in a straight line. I never noticed that before. It was an impressive well rehearsed charge.
In the above it looks like a wall of charging Dolphin.
As they rolled back into the water Dolphin were still grabbing the flying fish.
The strand from start to finish was 9 seconds. That makes me feel a little better when I’m out of focus or miss one.
