{"id":13579,"date":"2011-04-10T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=13579"},"modified":"2011-08-22T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T00:21:36","slug":"the-pitons-saint-lucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/13579","title":{"rendered":"The Pitons, Saint Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After seeing the\u00c2\u00a0Fraser&#8217;s Dolphins (<em>Lagenodelphis hosei<\/em>) off the coast of Saint Lucia, our boat took us to the south of the island to view the Pitons, two volcanic plugs that dominate the skyline of this portion of Saint Lucia .\u00a0 Black sand beaches dot the coast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Pitons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13580\" title=\"The Pitons\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Pitons.jpg\" alt=\"The Pitons\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Pitons.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Pitons-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/The-Pitons-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Pitons<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Pitons (Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles); photographed by Stephen J .\u00a0Danko on 31 March 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pitons-and-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13581\" title=\"Pitons and Beach\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pitons-and-Beach.jpg\" alt=\"Pitons and Beach\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pitons-and-Beach.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pitons-and-Beach-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Pitons-and-Beach-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pitons and Beach<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Pitons and Beach\u00c2\u00a0(Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles); photographed by Stephen J .\u00a0Danko on 31 March 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm-Lined-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13582\" title=\"Palm Lined Beach\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm-Lined-Beach.jpg\" alt=\"Palm Lined Beach\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm-Lined-Beach.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm-Lined-Beach-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm-Lined-Beach-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Palm Lined Beach<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Palm Lined Beach\u00c2\u00a0(Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles); photographed by Stephen J .\u00a0Danko on 31 March 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Saint-Lucia-Coastline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13583\" title=\"Santa Lucia Coastline\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Saint-Lucia-Coastline.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Lucia Coastline\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Saint-Lucia-Coastline.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Saint-Lucia-Coastline-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Saint-Lucia-Coastline-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Santa Lucia Coastline<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Santa Lucia Coastline\u00c2\u00a0(Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles); photographed by Stephen J .\u00a0Danko on 31 March 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. 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