PHOTO OF THE DAY June 7, 2005  

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Where Key Biscayne, Florida
When 1998
Photographer Gail Mooney

Located on the southernmost point of Key Biscayne island, the Cape Florida Lighthouse was built in 1825 and first lit in 1846. After surviving hurricanes and American Indian attacks, the lighthouse is still operational today.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "48 Hours in Miami," April 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)


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