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Purple Isle Photography

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Posting a picture a day from my home on the Purple Isle. All photos are my own unless otherwise noted. 🌈💙 #photography #art #landscapes #sunsets #purpleisle

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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Truman Waterfront Key West

Truman Waterfront Key West
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#sunset #keywest
Sunset 7/3/2026 from Simonton Beach Key West, Conch Republic.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Saharan dust is the best sunset filter. 🌈 Key West Bight #sunset #photogtaphy
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Only had time for a ten minute swim. The reef looks pretty good considering. 🤞it looks just as good after another hot summer. #reef #underwater
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Truman Waterfront Park Key West🌈 #sunset
Sailboats cross the channel in front of a bright orange setting sun.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Changing latitudes for a bit. #keywest #butterfly #orchids
A butterfly rests on a an orchid. Key WestOrchids in Fort West Mortello, Key West.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Best part of high gas prices, my local sandbar is empty! Hopefully the reef will get a break too🤞
Only boat on the sandbar.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#manateemonday #marinelife #nature
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#sunset
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Only a few weeks old 🥹 #manatee #nature
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Who painted the water tonight? #sunset #photography
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
#seahorse
Camouflaged amid floating debris a seahorse grasps an old dock line left in the water.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
#Sunset
A bright orange sun is matched by orange water and orange sky.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
X marks the spot #sunset
Sunset on a clear, cloudless, calm evening. The sun’s intense rays refract a perfect X .
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Dropping out
The sun drops out of the clouds to stun before sinking into the mangroves.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Some locals #dolphins #marinelife #nature
Bottle nose dolphins. Bottle nose dolphin. Bottle nose dolphin.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#sunset #photography
Rays shine through the remnants of a rain storm while the water holds up a mirror.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Still going
If you look close you can see a star or two. About an hour after sunset.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Another gorgeous night. #sunset #clouds
Sunset over the Everglades.Sunset over the EvergladesSunset over the Everglades. Timone, the sea turtle, does her best dolphin impression. Sunset over the Everglades
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
From purple to orange
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Muttly Crew
Three dogs, all rescue mutts, enjoy the last remnants of sunset  on the deck of Already There Again.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Please pay attention this is very important to the overall health of the reef. The entire fishery of the Florida keys is under enormous pressure this will only put more anchors and boats on the reef and is not based on science but political pressure. Please use the link to comment.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Purple and blue rays Most nights after the sunsets we get a special glow of purple. Long ago the Spanish named my island home after that famous purple hue. Islamorada. #purpleisle #photography #landscape #sunset #nature
Most nights after the sunsets we get a special glow of purple. Long ago the Spanish named my island home after that famous purple hue. Islamorada.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Either way it’s beautiful #rainbow #landscape #sunset #photography #nature
Sunset through a light rain.  The rainbow opposite the sunset.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So many colors in just 22 minutes.
6:296:466:516:40
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#landscape #sunset #photography
Purple invades the last of the orange sunset hues.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#sunset #landscape #photography
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Island glow #sunset #reflections #landscape #photography
Sunset view overlooking Florida Bay and the Everglades.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Purple Isle living up to its name. #landscape #photography #sunset
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My dogs almost stepped on this cold stunned Iggy. #iguana #nature
Cold stunned iguanas basically act paralyzed and can fall out of trees. When the temps get below 55 or so they start dropping. Cold stunned iguanas basically act paralyzed and can fall out of trees. When the temps get below 55 or so they start dropping. Cold stunned iguanas basically act paralyzed and can fall out of trees. When the temps get below 55 or so they start dropping.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Timone, the beautiful green sea turtle, back for sunset celebration after a brief stint at the turtle hospital. #seaturtle #sunset #purpleisle #landscape #nature
Timone the green sea turtle breaks the surface of the water behind the sea wall. In the distance the bright orange sun casts its orange glow on the water.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
#sunset #boatlife #photography #landscape #clouds
A sailboat moored in the bay sits peacefully under highlighter pink clouds , the remnants of another beautiful sunset.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
painted sky #sunset #photography #clouds #landscape
A moody warm sunset over the mangroves of the Florida Keys.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The color change of just a few minutes 😍 #sunset #landscape #nature #photography #moon #purpleisle
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
TiMone is home! After a short stay at the marathon turtle hospital for being cold stunned she was returned to the Founder’s Park beach.
Timone the green sea turtle has been a resident of our marina for almost five years now.  Timone suffered a boat strike as a baby and her spinal injury causes buoyancy issues but she has maintained a healthy weight and blood chemistry in the wild so she will be a good release candidate.TiMone makes her way back into the water. She won’t touch sand again until she is ready to lay eggs, as a 10 year old she will have a few decades long wait.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Boat life #sunset #reflections #photography
Sunset view reflecting off the side of a boat, from the perspective of the aft deck looking through the doorway  forward.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Aloe Iggy #lifeontherocks #iguana #lizard #nature #wildlife #photography
A bright green iguana blends in on the leaf of an aloe plant.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
#sunset #landscape #nature #purpleisle
Sunset on the Florida bay with a piling in the foreground.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
PSA the community aloe plant is now also home to Iggy. #lifeontherocks #purpleisle #iguana #photography #nature #lizard
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
And this is why I can’t leave my house during the hour after sunset. Ran home from the east side of the island but when I got there second pic is all that was left🥲 #landscape #sunset #reflections #photography
The sky turns purple once the sun disappears into the bay. The remnants of a great sunset, reflecting off the calm water behind the break wall.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What a good girl #sunset #landscape #nature #purpleisle #dogsofbluesky
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It’s even more purple in person #purpleisle #sunset #landscape #photography
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Beautiful end to a bittersweet day. #sunset #purpleisle #landscape #reflections #clouds
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Said goodbye to Timone today. She wasn’t doing well in the cold water so the good people from the turtle hospital came and picked her up. She has been in the marina with us for five years. We will miss her nightly sunset appearances and look forward to her return! #seaturtle #marinelife #coldsnap
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Tough couple of days on the islands. The shallow waters of Florida Bay were no match for the frigid temps. The threshold temp for most local fish is about 57degrees and our waters are very near that temp now. Fish are dead, manatees, and sea turtles are struggling. #marinelife #coldsnap #fish
Cold stressed scrawled filefish. Fish kill from cold stress.
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
After a few gray days we were rewarded with dolphins and a gorgeous sunset! #sunset #purpleisle #dolphin #landscape #blueskyartshow
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Sunset visitors. The dogs get so excited every time they come through 😍 #sunset #dolphin #nature #purpleisle
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
#sunset #purpleisle #clouds #landscape #Everglades
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Purple Isle Photography @purpleisle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Some people have birds or squirrels hopping from power lines to trees but here we have 20lbs iguanas. #purpleisle #iguanas #nature #lizard
A large iguana moves across the power lines and into another tree.
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