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The 19th-century fortress Dry Tortugas National Park floating in the turquoise sea is one of the most difficult to reach American national parks. The boat and seaplane can only be reached. From Key West, all the way to the west for two and a half hours. The speed of the ship is very fast. Standing on the bow deck, you can sometimes see the sea turtles floating on the water surface. Several black clouds on the side are pouring rain on the uninhabited reefs a few kilometers away. Most of the dry turtle national parks belong to the sea, while the upper part of the sea has only a few small coral reefs and a huge amount of Fort Jefferson. Built in the 19th century, the hexagonal fort was built with more than 16 million bricks and is said to be the largest masonry in the Western Hemisphere. In addition to maintaining the shipping trade and defending the security of the Gulf of Mexico, it was also used to detain the Southern Alliance deserters during the American Civil War. Jefferson Fort is almost as large as the island it is in. It took me more than three hours to walk along each floor of the fort. I even went snorkeling and back to the shore. I didnt care about lunch on the boat. The fortress was full of large-caliber artillery pieces, and the one-meter-thick outer wall was unbreakable in the same year, enough to protect the "Gibraltar" of the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted: Oct 14, 2019
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It seems quite nice! 😍
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