• Fort Matanzas

    Fort Matanzas

    National Monument Florida

Photos & Multimedia

The Fort Matanzas Great Horned Owls in Living Color!!

Photos by:

Kay Wells: 1 2 3 4

Patsy Jane Lewis: 1 2 3 4 5 6

(Pictures used by permission and all rights reserved by the photographer.)

 
USF-Scan

Rendering of Ft Matanzas

View a 3D rendering of a laser scan done by the University of South Florida!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3PEdCJ-0tE

 

Did You Know?

A Spanish bronze cannon shown the characteristic green patina caused by copper rusting

Black, or gun, powder is a mix of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal used as a propellant charge in cannons.  Burning rapidly when ignited, it expands 600 times its volume creating pressures that can hurl a cannonball up to 3.5 miles! Ft Matanzas National Monument, Florida