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Petit Bois Island Gallery

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Sound Beach near west end looking west.

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Sound beach near west end looking east.

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Sand flat near west end.

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Sun rise from sound side.

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Sound side beach looking west.

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Sound beach, smooth clear water.

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Sound beach looking east.

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Sound beach looking west.

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Sound side beach dunes.

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Sound side dunes with sea oats.

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Sound side sea oats.

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Pascagoula from Sound beach.

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Sound side beach looking west.

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Dead nutria on beach.

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Sound beach near west end.

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Sound side near east end.

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Sun set from Sound beach.

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Man of war jelly fish on beach.

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Dormant vines near east end.

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West end near Horn Island Pass.

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West end at Horn Island Pass.

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Sand impression of dead baby dolphin on Saound beach. Something dragged it into the Sound.

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Lagoon near Sound on east end. The outlet to this lagoon is intermittent.

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Alligator in pond just west of Little Woods.

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Hermit crabs in lagoon outlet.

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Lagoon near Sound near east end.

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Lagoon near east end close to Sound.

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Lagoon near Sound, east end.

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Interior pond just west of Little Woods, from Gulf beach.

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Gulf beach south of Little Woods.

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Lagoon just west of Little Woods, access from gulf side.

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Pond just west of Little Woods.

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Gater in pond just west of Little Woods.

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Lagoon near middle of island on Sound side.

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Lagoon tidal outlet.

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Lagoon outlet.

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Lagoon near Sound side, the only lagoon with currently functioning tidal outlet.

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Lagoon near Sound. Same lagoon as previous two pictures.

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Raccoon tracks on Sound beach.

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Abandoned buoy on Gulf beach.

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Gulf side at west end.

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Gulf beach.

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Gulf beach.

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Gulf beach.

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Gulf side southeast end.

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Gulf side near west end.

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Old ship wreck near west end on Gulf side.

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The interior has a good many dew berries/

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A bit of spring color.

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Interior grass flats.

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Typical grassy interior on west half of island.

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Typical interior.

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Interior.

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Interior looking toward NE over lagoon.

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Interior near island middle.

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Interior near island middle.

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Interior pond with juvenile gators.

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Interior near Little Woods.

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Abandoned privy near east end interior.

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Unknown concrete structure near the privy in previous picture.

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Sand dunes on Sound east end.

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Little Woods.

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Portion of Little Woods.

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Red-winged Blackbird in interior.

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Interior east half of island.

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Pond near Little Woods.

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The one remaining osprey nest in the spring of 2011.

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Dune shrubs.

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Little Woods from northeast near Sound.

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Mid-island crossing from Gulf side.

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Mid-island crossing near Sound.

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Mid-island crossing from interior looking north.

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Mid-island crossing.

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Mis-island crossing from Sound beach.

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Mid-island crossing.

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