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Supermoon from Tampa Bay area
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May
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Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs, Florida
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January
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Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs, Florida
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January
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September
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Winter's new home, MacDill Airfest, Transitions golf tournament
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March
Panama the dolphin swims past windows in a newly refurbished tank at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Tuesday. Winter the tail-less dolphin and her tankmate Panama have been introduced into their new tank. The new exhibit is 40 feet around and 18 feet deep, compared to the previous one that was 25 x 18 and 14 feet deep. The larger size will allow Winter more room to work with her prosthetic tail. In addition, for the first time, guests will be able to regularly watch Winter and surrogate mom Panama swim through underwater windows. The tank also will serve as a stranding tank should the aquarium get an injured dolphin, in which case Winter and Panama would be moved back to their old tank. [JIM DAMASKE, Times] ... Read more
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Rays spring training, Cavalia, eagle ray discovery
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March
Mathieu Bianchi, atop Igor, looks up to Marie Elaine Mongeau during a media preview for Cavalia at the Florida State Fairgrounds on Thursday. The vivid, dreamlike scenes feature a unique interaction between human and horse, with live music performed during the show. Cavalia has been seen by more than 2.5 million people worldwide. The show opens Friday, March 12. For showtimes and ticket pricing, visit cavalia.net. SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM CAVALIA [DANIEL WALLACE, Times] ... Read more
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Sunset flight, bald eagle adoption, oil protest
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February
A passenger jet gains altitude over Tampa against a backdrop of the setting sun. Flights around the country have seen delays this week. [DANIEL WALLACE, Times] ... Read more
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Fountain rainbow, Gasparilla beads, stable chores (10 images)
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January
Juliana Hornsby, 2, runs through the Children's Mist Fountain during the grand opening of the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in downtown Tampa on Sunday afternoon. It's also the newest segment of the Tampa Riverwalk. The multi-colored building in the background is the Children's Museum. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR., Times] ... Read more
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Cold weather, circus acrobatics, athletic silhouettes
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January
A flower lays on a frosted leaf Thursday in Palm Harbor during the record-breaking cold morning which began with icy windshields, grounded planes at Tampa International Airport and worried farmers. The National Weather Service said records were broken overnight in Tampa, Lakeland and Sarasota. Tampa's low was 27 degrees, with the previous coldest low for the date at 30 degrees in 1999. At 27 degrees Thursday, Lakeland broke a 1980 low record temperature of 34 degrees. Sarasota's low Thursday was 30 degrees, which broke a 1999 record of 35 degrees. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD, Times] ... Read more
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Florida ice skating, doused football coach, old fashioned bicycle (14 images)
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December
Katelyn Ziarnicki, 5, of Sarasota, gets some help from her dad Pat as she 'glice' skates at North Straub Park on Saturday. Her mother Ellen said they came skating last year and decided to come again since they had friends from up north in town who had never been before. "We thought it would be a perfect opportunity to show them what Florida ice skating was like," she said. [KATHLEEN FLYNN, Times] ... Read more
