If you step outside your car on a hot summer afternoon, you will realize they did not reach their goal. Visitations by mosquitoes in this marshy area are a way of life. The result of the attempted mosquito eradication was a series of impoundments, dikes and spoil islands which greatly altered the natural ecosystem. Some native wildlife ceased to exist, such as the dusky seaside sparrow, while others thrived. Islands such as the ones you see in front of you are home for many.
Alligators are the largest reptiles in North America.
It can be found in fresh and salt-water marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers, swamps and bayous. This view of Shuttle Pads 39A and 39B and the Vehicle Assembly Building is breath taking. The VAB has more open cubic feet of space than any other building in the world. A launch pad very often will have a shuttle sitting beside it ready for a space mission. This is the closest you will get to this view without going to Kennedy Space Center itself.