Daily Photo Goodness

Galveston

The Waterfront

The Waterfront

Galveston, Texas’ harbor front.


The Shrimp Boats

The Shrimp Boats

Shrimp trawlers docked in Galveston Harbor, Galveston, Texas.


Palms Up

Palms

Palms trees rise into the sky over Galveston Island, Texas.


The Birds in Dawn’s Surf

The Birds in Dawn's Surf

Dawn breaks over the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston, Texas.


The Ferris Wheel

The Ferris Wheel

Detail of the Ferris wheel on Galveston, Texas’ pleasure pier as the sun rises over the Gulf of Mexico.


Capt.Jim

Capt. Jim

A fuel barge is pushed by a towboat as the sun sets over the Port of Galveston, Texas.


Out on the Balconies

Out on the Balconies

Vacationers aboard the Carnival Magic as she leaves the Port of Galveston, Texas.


The Pelican and The Platform

The Pelican and The Platform

A pelican alights on a piling in Galveston Harbor as an oil platform in a dry dock looms behind him.


Galveston Bay Sunset

Galveston Bay Sunset

Galveston Bay, Texas, as seen from the deck of the Carnival Triumph.


The Granite Amongst The Waves

The Granite Amongst The Waves

Texas pink granite forms a jetty or, more-accurately, a groyne, jutting out into the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston Island, Texas.


Bella

Bella

Spotted in Galveston, Texas.


Waterline

Waterline

Exterior detail of the Carnival Magic as she sets sail from the Port of Galveston, Texas.


The Bird and The Ship

The Bird and The Ship

A Carnival cruise ship sails into the Port of Galveston on an early morning in the Gulf of Mexico.


Maritime Flags

Maritime Flags

Spotted in Galveston, Texas.


Seagull II

Seagull II

The Carnival Magic leaves the Port of Galveston, Texas.


The Pier at Galveston

The Pier at Galveston

A fifteen-second pre-dawn exposure of Galveston’s Pleasure Pier.


Galveston Skyline

The sun sets on the 1.5-mile-wide strip of land that is Galveston Island, Texas.


Galveston Sunrise

The sun rises over the Gulf of Mexico east of Galveston Island, Texas.


Yellow Bucket

A lonely sand bucket on the Galveston Island beach.


The Masts of the Tall Ship

Detail of the Elissa, a tall ship launched in 1877 and now ported in Galveston, Texas.


The Platforms at Night

Offshore oil platforms in graving docks at Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas.


Pelicans!

Spotted in Galveston, Texas.


Sunset Beyond The Refineries

The sun sets behind the refineries of Texas City on the shoreline of Galveston Bay.


The Hulk

Spotted in Galveston, Texas.