Summer fun lingers on at Jones Beach
Photo credit: Yana Paskova | Beach volleyball is a big draw at night. Up to 10 games have been played simultaneously on a tournament night. (Aug. 24, 2012)
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On a perfect, late summer evening -- cloudless, warm and dry -- the sign on the Jones Beach boardwalk slowed the flow of pedestrian traffic to a crawl.
"Now Viewing: Saturn," it read, the words accompanied by a vivid image of the sixth planet and its distinctive rings. Arrayed around the sign were 10 powerful-looking telescopes and a group of volunteers, hawking celestial wonders as if they...
