October on Fire Island

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	Again some foliage grown on the bay side.  It is well protected by the dunes so the plants grow taller.  I thought it made a nice fall picture. The rushes were all big plumes.
This is taken looking over the bay. The bay is Great South Bay.  The land on the far side is Long Island.  The ground is very marshy along the bay side.
	This looks like a big tree, however it is really no more than six feet tall.  This area is called a sunken forest.  The land is low enough that trees and shrubs will grow.  The heights of everything is the same height as the dunes.
This is the boardwalk going up to the highest point.  There are stairs to the left that take you down to the beach.  Erosion has worn so much of the beach away it is a high cliff  right now.  Notice no trees.  Salt water from the ocean would reach them here.

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