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Purple Isle Photography
@purpleisle.bsky.social
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Posting a picture a day from my home on the Purple Isle. All photos are my own unless otherwise noted. 🌈💙
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#art
#landscapes
#sunsets
#purpleisle
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Can anyone help me identify this little guy? About an inch long, it was in less than a foot of water. In Islamorada, Fl bayside mixed bottom where the grass ends and beach starts. Has humps on his back. Maybe green sea hare or some type of nudi?
Unidentified small slug like creature green with distinctive humps down its back. Photographed in Islamorada Fl. Unidentified small slug like creature green with distinctive humps down its back. Photographed in Islamorada Fl. Unidentified small slug like creature green with distinctive humps down its back. Photographed in Islamorada Fl.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The best garden is one that tends itself. I find my favorite garden Under the mangroves
#macro
#mangroves
#nature
#marine
#photography
Green mermaid’s wine glass and pink blush algae adorn the mangrove roots in a brilliant display of color.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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White encrusting zoanthid 🤷‍♀️ and sea anemones all on a mangrove root.
#underthemangrove
#photography
#nature
#macro
#ocean
White encrusting zoanthid🤷‍♀️ and sea anemones all on a mangrove root.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Thanksgiving under the mangroves
#macro
#underwater
#photography
#tunicates
Sea anemones attaches to a sponge or possible tunicate all living on a mangrove root.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Glass minnow photobomb! Under the mangroves
#underthemangroves
#macro
#photography
#nature
Glass minnows cross the frame of a macro shot of mangrove roots with sea anemones.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Under the mangroves 11/26
#underwater
#photography
#nature
#purpleisle
#marinebiology
Curious mangrove snapper peek through the colorful roots.
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Not sure what I found here 🐛 about an inch long. Only 6 inches deep, he was being pushed around by the wave action so hard to get focused. Maybe a green sea hare 🤷‍♀️
#nudibranch
#seahare
#marinebiology
#photography
Unidentified green sea worm photographed in about 6” of water bayside Islamorada. Unidentified green sea worm with humps on his back. Photographed in about 6” of water bayside Islamorada.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Had time to hit the water today.
#underwater
#photography
#marinebiology
Orange mat zoanthid and white Christmas tree algae growing on a mangrove root. Pink blush algae in the background contrasts with green grape algae in foreground.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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French angelfish
#photgraphy
#nature
#underwater
A French angelfish coasts by at Hens and Chickens reef.
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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11/25
#sunset
#photography
#purpleisle
The calm waters behind the jetty reflects back the last orange glow of sunset over Fl bay.
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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So it’s illegal to touch, feed, or interfere with manatees. Unfortunately they don’t read.
#manatees
#oceanlife
#purpleisle
These guys always know where to find fresh water.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Color changing hogfish
#hogfish
#underwater
#nature
#purpleisle
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Splitting the islands
#sunsets
#purpleisle
#photography
An incredibly bright, powerful sun sets perfectly between two mangrove islands in the Everglades National Park.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Snapper peekaboo
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#underwater
#nature
#purpleisle
Mangrove snapper and grunts peek through the sea fans and corals.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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In motion
#photography
#dolphins
#ocean
#nature
#purpleisle
A dolphin out runs my shutter while releasing a breath.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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11/23
So it got a little more dramatic
#sunset
#photography
#pirpleisle
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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11/23
Tiny Turtle and the perfect ombré purple isle style with a sliver of a moon chasing the sun.
#sunset
#seaturtle
#purpleisle
#photography
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Under the mangroves
Mangrove roots host an abundance of live. I believe these are a type of bivalves or sponge colony. An intrusive algae smothers some sponges growing on the mangrove roots.
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Under the mangroves
Shot under the mangroves looking back up to the surface. Soft corals, sponges, bivalves, and anemones abound. The mangrove snapper are getting used to my presence. Soft corals, sponges, bivalves, and anemones abound in the roots of the mangrove nursery.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Sunset splendor
#photography
#sunsets
#purpleisle
Sunset over Florida Bay. Save the Bay!
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Under the mangroves, the roots are a framework of life.
#oceanlife
#coral
#purpleisle
#photography
Mangrove root covered in a soft coral or perhaps a type of sponge. Any ID help would be appreciated. Mangrove root covered in a soft coral or perhaps a type of sponge and many bivalves. Any ID help would be appreciated.
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Florida lobster hangs out in a broken trap.
A Florida lobster hangs out in a busted crab trap that is missing two sides.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Coconut palms
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#photography
#landscapes
#purpleisle
Coconut palm trees dot the beach on the purple isle while the sun descends into the mangrove islands in the distance.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Baby filefish, just trying to blend

#filefish
#ocean
#purpleisle
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Fish football! Dolphins in the marina play a game of catch with a fish. Haven’t figured out the rules yet but super entertaining!
The dolphin in the lead has a fish in his mouth. The dolphin throws the fish in a forward pass and then another dolphin races forward and catches it! After the throw!
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM