Galveston
Galveston is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the Gulf of Mexico. The city has a population of approximately 50,000 people and is known for its beaches, historic architecture, and tourist attractions such as the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier and Moody Gardens. Galveston was also the site of the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed an estimated 8,000 people.
The Gulf of Mexico crashes against granite rocks and blocks at the base of the Galveston Seawall, Texas.…
An offshore storm begins to roll in over the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas.…
Rough seas lap at the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Texas.
An erosion-control block of pink granite in the surf at the base of the Galveston, Texas, Seawall.
Ripples in the sand on a Galveston Island, Texas, beach.
Early-morning on the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, Texas.
A granite erosion-control groyne stretches into the morning Gulf of Mexico surf along a Galveston, Texas, beach.
The first light of day on the Galveston, Texas, Seawall.
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