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Maurice Rivenbark | Portfolio
11
August
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Cold weather, circus acrobatics, athletic silhouettes
12
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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Meteor shower, Ironman race, flying dreadlocks
17
November
A faint meteor streaks across the sky above a live oak tree about 4 a.m. Tuesday morning as the Leonid meteor shower neared it's peak over the eastern sky near Floral City. The annual show is the result of debris thought to be from the Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The light show lasts a few nights each year, but the display Tuesday morning was expected to be the peak for this year. SEE A PHOTO GALLERY OF THE LEONID METOR SHOWER DISPLAYS FROM PAST YEARS [MAURICE RIVENBARK, Times] ... Read more
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Lightning in the Everglades
18
September
While working on a story about a fishing camp in the Everglades with writer Jeff Klinkenberg, Times photojournalist Maurice Rivenbark made this incredible image of nature's power and beauty. We couldn't resist the opportunity to highlight it here. Even more incredible, this image is a video still. As you might have guessed, Maurice shoots with a professional quality high definition video camera. To see the full video, use the link posted below the image. (The lightning scene is at the very end of the video report.)
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