Canals and homes in Charlotte Park, south of Port Charlotte, Florida. Map, Street View. (© Google/Europa Technologies)
A partially-developed community near Charlotte harbor, north of Fort Myers, Florida. Map, Street View. (© Google)
A densely populated neighborhood of Cape Coral, Florida. Map, Street View.(© Google)
A community built around a man-made lake southeast of Bonita Springs, Florida. Map. (© Google
The Rotonda West neighborhood, originally developed in the 1960s, never quite fully completed, located in Charlotte County, Florida. Map, Street View. (© Google/Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO)
Circular layouts of homes near I-75, southwest of Fort Myers, Florida. Map(© Google)
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OKTOBERFEST:
On Saturday, September 18th, with the tapping of the first keg by Munich Mayor Christian Ude and a cry of "O'zapft is!", Oktoberfest 2010 officially started in Munich, Germany. While this year marks the 177th Oktoberfest to be held, 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the very first Oktoberfest in 1810 (some years were missed due to war or cholera outbreaks). The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810 to celebrate the October 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to join in the festivities which were held over five days on the fields in front of the city gates. This year, festivities will run until October 4, 2010. Collected here are a few images from this opening weekend.
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A young woman wearing a traditional Bavarian "Dirndl" smiles as she receives a mug of beer in the Hofbrauhaus tent after the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2010.
Bavarian riflemen march in the traditional costumes at the riflemen's procession on the occasion of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany on Sunday,
Men in traditional Bavarian outfits participate in the traditional riflemen's parade of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany.
People wearing traditional Bavarian clothes raise a toast during the opening of the 177th Oktoberfest in Munich on September 18, 2010.
A young woman prepares a booth selling gingerbread hearts for the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 16, 2010.
Girls celebrate and drink beer at the Hacker beer tent during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich.
An overview of a crowded beer tent during the second day of the Oktoberfest on September 19, 2010 in Munich, Germany.
Girls wearing traditional Bavarian Dirndl dresses scream on a fairground ride at the Theresienwiese fairgrounds at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on September 19, 2010.
A little girl on her father's shoulders eats cotton candy on the Theresienwiese in Munich during Oktoberfest on September 19th, 2010.
Young women cheer with beer mugs after the official opening of the 177th edition of the Oktoberfest beer festival in a tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich on September 18, 2010.
A chairoplane spins near a ferris wheel during the opening day of the Oktoberfest at Theresienwiese on September 18, 2010 in Munich, Germany.
>>.An overview of the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich on the evening of September 18, 2010.
A maple tree shows its fall colors on Friday, September 17th, 2010, in Woodstock, Maine. A vast network of county foresters, volunteers and others contribute their observations to state tourism officials, who in turn work up "foliage forecasts" published online and elsewhere to let leaf-peepers know where to find the best fall foliage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
2. The moon rises into view over the Chugach Mountains in this view from the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
3. Bunches of Tinta Barroca grapes on the vine at the Quinta dos Malvedos estate, owned by Symington Family Estates, in Vila Real, near Porto, Portugal, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (Mario Proenca/Bloomberg)
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Sergey Solovyov, director of Agrostroy farm, inspects wheat in a field, some 450 km (280 mi) south of Barnaul city in the Altai region of Russia on September 22, 2010. Russia, devastated by a severe drought, had harvested 55 million tons of grain by September 22, down 32 percent from a year ago, (REUTERS/Andrei Kasprishin) #
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Tree branches covered with changing, multi-colored leaves of fall are seen below a partly cloudy sky in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
