A granite groyne stretches into the Gulf of Mexico from a Galveston, Texas, beach.
A fisherman shows off his catch in Galveston, Texas.
Palm trees grow high into the Galveston, Texas, sky.
The TxDOT ferry M/S John W. Johnson prepares to dock at Galveston as the sun begins to rise on the Texas Coast.
The distant horizon of the Gulf of Mexico as seen from Galveston Island, Texas.
A pelican alights atop a cross erected on the sand dunes that line Aransas Pass at Port Aransas, Texas.
Seaweed washed ashore on a Port Aransas, Texas, beach.
The San Luis Resort peeks over a worn mural on the Galveston Seawall, Texas.
Sunrise on the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas.
Waves crash upon granite erosion-control blocks at a Galveston, Texas, beach.