The strategic importance of Fort Sumter is very obvious on a map. Standing at the mouth of the Charleston Harbor to the open ocean, it is between the shorelines on either side. Naturally a fort was built there to guard the shipping interests and the port of Charleston itself. As a matter of fact, the building of it commenced just after the burning of Washington City, now Washington D.C., by British forces during the war of 1812. The island itself is not natural, but instead artificially built atop a shallow sandbar that was determined to be suitable to support a fort. It found its way permanently into the history books on April 12, 1861, when the South Carolina Militia artillery fired from the mainland shore onto the Union garrison stationed at the fort, initiating the United States Civil War. The island and its fort now comprise the Fort Sumter National Monument. A ferry travels from Charleston, South Carolina out to Fort Sumter where guided tours are given. The Wild Images Team spent a day travelling out to the fort and back again later. During the return trip, we captured this image from the boat deck of the wake being churned up by the ferry, reflected in one of the large windows surrounding the passenger seating areas. Looking closely, Fort Sumter can be seen along the distant waterline horizon, just right of center. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Charleston including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.
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