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Article: Visitor to barrier reef of the Florida Keys finds herself enthralled.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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Byline: Lisa Roberts
KEY LARGO _ Our small boat bobs like a rubber duck in a bathtub of frolicking 2-year-olds, the red-and-white "diver down" flag snapping like the pop of fingers to an up-tempo beat.
On the deck, I hang onto a handrail and look down at the rolling Atlantic Ocean. Here, 3 { miles from shore in the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys, we are floating above the largest living barrier coral reef in North America. This site, called North Dry Rocks, is the first of three we will sample during a day of snorkeling.
The water is the color of polished turquoise set in the rippled iron-gray bracelet of the shallows ...