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Texaco Station

Daily Photo – Texaco Station

This old Texaco Station sits at the intersection of routes 178 and 303 (Ace Basin Pkwy and Green Pond Hwy) near Green Pond, South Carolina. I spotted it while driving from Charleston to Savannah one day and couldn’t resist framing a shot. Were I passing by again now, I’d probably shoot a bracket for an HDR given the structural qualities of the scene and the tonal range. Just for grins, I decided to remove the yellow from the image and […]

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Flags of Fort Sumter

Daily Photo – Flags of Fort Sumter

The five flags below the current US flag in this image represent the five flags that flew over the fort during the Civil War.

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USS Yorktown CV-10

Daily Photo – USS Yorktown

The USS Yorktown (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the US Navy. Commissioned in April 1943, she saw action in the Pacific, replacing CV-5 (also named USS Yorktown) lost at the Battle of Midway. She was build in just sixteen-and-a-half months!

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