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Vigil 1

Some pictures from yesterday’s vigil marking the 50th day of BP’s wild well.

It was a quiet and respectful gathering.

Flyover:

Flyover

Welcome:

Welcoming Talk

Passers-by bicycling, jogging, or just walking along the boardwalk stopped to listen:

Crowd

Signs

Speakers:

William Reyes on green businesses:

Reyes

Chris Freeman on science:

Chris Freeman

A representative of the Sierra Club (the wind was whipping and I missed her name):

Jesse Phillips of the Rescue Zoo. He and his wife leaving in their RV to assist in animal rescue on the Florida Gulf Coast:

Closing song, Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World:

Closing Song

Sunset over the Rudee Inlet Bridge:

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