Silver Springs Park is located just east of Ocala.The lower center of this photo portrays the main spring at Silver Springs which is the headwaters of the Silver River. This spring pours over 550 million gallons of fresh water into the Silver River every 24 hours (enough to service all of New York City). This water, 99.8% pure, flows to the Oklawaha River, and then to the St. John's River and finally to the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville, Florida.
Photo by Lois Anne.
Great photo and you know I love reflections.
ReplyDeleteThe farmers in California could sure make good use of that water.
What super clean water! Couldn't you bottle it and sell it as "Jacob's spring water?!"
ReplyDeleteUne eau pure et abondante ... cela devient rare. A préserver !
ReplyDeleteJolies maisons !
magnifique, on pourrait se croire en vacances dans les îles
ReplyDeletebeautiful, you could imagine a vacation in the islands
550 million gallons in 24 hours is mind-blowing! Mighty reservoir! The blue from the skies reflecting down in the water looks stunning! Supershot!
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Perfect perspective and amazing blue. A great shot, Lois Anne.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty picture and that is a LOT of gallons of water. Good info too. MB
ReplyDeleteThis is just beautiful. Any gators?
ReplyDeletea stunner!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous - at first glance I thought it was a lovely Japanese garden, but it's not. Really striking.
ReplyDeleteWow! That water is exquisite! It looks like an impressionist painting.
ReplyDeleteIt looks nice and clear, are the boats glass bottom?
ReplyDeleteVery nice shot, Lois Ann. I love the reflection in the water.
ReplyDeleteIt's very beautiful! I'm glad the weekend is here - although there's no time to rest.
ReplyDeleteDo people swim in these waters? Or is it a drinking source?
And I'm sure that water is cold too! I like the glass bottom boats. I visited the Museum of Florida History last weekend and took some pictures of one of the original Silver Springs glass bottom boats built back in the 1800's. I'm putting it on my blog probably next week just for you!
ReplyDeleteI am a sucker for reflective shots .. nicely done
ReplyDeleteWow! That seems like a lot of fresh water flowing, at least to an Arizonan it does.
ReplyDeleteLove the blue water and great reflections. 550 million gallons of fresh water? Wow, that's a lot of water!
ReplyDeleteThe building looks lovely and the reflections on the still water are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. And pure, which makes it even better.
ReplyDeleteOh Jacob? Jacob? Where for art thou? We haven't heard hide nor hair from you! You made no sassy comments on Leif's blog yesterday! You, Lois and Steffe were delinquent in commenting. Was there a blogger convention that we were not invited to? The nerve!
ReplyDeleteClear spring water.... very very cold water, too! hehehe
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place
All this water...is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe color of the reflection is beautiful and also the landscape!
Beautiful shot!
Outstanding. Love the colors and contrast. Looks pretty nice too as temps did not break out of the 40's here today. I am so not ready for winter.
ReplyDeleteMagnifique photo!!!!!!!!!!! I've been there. I have a photo gallery about Silver Springs. Oh I'd love to be there right now!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to paste the link to my gallery but I can't. I wonder why.
http://www.marieweblog.com/original/www/index.php
I think it won't work as I am the only person who can access my weblog for the moment....
That's gorgeous! Is it deep enough here for snorkeling? Are there any fish?
ReplyDeleteAwesome clarity! Great shot! 99.8% pure? To me it looks a 100% clear. Didn't know there is a 'Rio de la Plata' in Florida, too. (;
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to jump in there and test the cool.
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You got a Posty: I want to give 15 postcards :)
@ Tapirgal - There are a great many fish of various varieties, from brim/bluegill to large-mouth bass or gar.
ReplyDeleteNo fishing is allowed, though. There was swimming in years past but not now. I'd guess 35-40 movies were made here, including The Creature of the Black Lagoon, at least six Tarzan movies, James Bond movies, etc., at the I Spy TV show did episodes here as well as many other TV shows.
This particular area was once were the high diving championships were held.
@ Marie - the link worked! You've got some wonderful shots...I'd guess you were here some time ago, though. It's changed somewhat, but the major attractions are still around! I hope others will click on your link!
ReplyDelete@ Tricia - No, not cold. It stays at exactly 72 degrees year round...too cold for me to swim, but people swim at Rainbow Springs in 72 degree water!
ReplyDelete@ Allison - I thought I commented on Safe Leif's blog yesterday...maybe I wasn't as smart-assy as usual...
ReplyDeleteI'll try to do better (or worse) - I promise.
That is a beautiful and powerful spring! It's also awesome how it pure it is!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot Jacob !! This park is simply amazing !! We can rarely see these kind of parks in India !! Real Beauty !! Great Work..Unseen Rajasthan
ReplyDeleteMagnificent. Gorgeous place and photo.
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a lovely shot!!! Great colors and reflections!
ReplyDeleteIs this where the mermaids swim? If so, I can see why, beautiful.
ReplyDeletejuste superbe !
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nothing is as beautiful as the really Pure water..
ReplyDeleteLovely shot
I work at Silver Springs and when Jacob gave me his card to check out their pictures, I said ok. Well, I'm glad I did. I love the pictures.I have alot of pictures but nothing comes close to yours. thank you so much they are great.
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