The only hint about this week’s mystery by contributing photographer Michael Kaynard is that is somewhere on the Charleston peninsula. Recognize it? Send your best guess of where it is to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Not only are loggerhead turtles the state’s reptile, as highlighted in today’s history tidbit, but the new Zucker Family Sea Turtle Recovery center at the S.C. Aquarium will next year to serve as a living exhibit and interactive learning landscape. The exhibit will present the remarkable journey from rescue to rehabilitation to release experienced by each of the Aquarium’s turtle patients. The center will allow visitors to share in the as well as learn about issues like water quality, marine debris and plastics consumption. Learn more. (Photo provided by S.C. Aquarium.)
Our friend Fred Sales of James Island sent along this blue oval as a mystery photo. Is the blue orb an alien spaceship? Nah. But what is it and where? No hints this week … send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
The layers of green in this peaceful marsh scene augment the call of the hammock for an afternoon nap. Temperatures remain hot, but aren’t as sweltering as they’ve been for the summer, perhaps foreshadowing the cool of fall approaching. Photo by Andy Brack.
Flowers dance beneath this globe sculpture in a photograph taken four years ago by contributing photographer Michael Kaynard. Where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Special to Charleston Currents
Australian photojournalist Bill Hawker, who offered pictures of Charleston and London earlier this year, sent along some snaps of a summer project in which he is documenting the beauty of continental Europe for the summer.
You’ll find photos of everything from bikers in the Tour de France in the French Alps to enjoying bikes and canals in Amsterdam and seeing the scenes in Prague.
Enjoy!
Australian photojournalist Bill Hawker snapped a shot earlier this year of this old house. Where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
This fountain and lush greenery are in Charleston. But where did contributing photographer Michael Kaynard snap this photo? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Don’t you just love this pig-themed watering can? Contributing photographer Michael Kaynard spied it in a recent walk around Hampton Park Terrace in Charleston. The neighborhood, which abuts historic Hampton Park, includes 303 historic homes that are about 100 years old. Most of the homes in the neighborhood of 1,000 people were built between 1914 and 1922.
This one may be pretty hard, but a hint: It’s in Charleston. And you’ve probably seen it before if you’d done any walking around downtown. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. Photo by Leigh Sabine.
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