The Southernmost Point Buoy Webcam in Key West

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The Southernmost Point Buoy Webcam in Key West

It doesn’t matter what time of day or night you visit this live feed, you’ll find a line of folks queuing up to get their photograph taken with the southernmost point buoy. It’s a strange phenomena, and also a good example of crowd compulsion, that ninety-nine percent of those folks find this unattractive, three and a half metre high lump of painted concrete more photo-worthy than the life-size, superbly created, and definitely more photogenic, bronze sculpture standing next to it.

Why is the southernmost buoy in Key West such a popular photo spot? The buoy, which isn’t a buoy at all as it’s on dry land rather than bobbing around in the ocean, is said to mark the most southerly point on the North American continent. The informative paintwork on the buoy has varied with the years since it was first put into place in the September of 1983. Whatever is painted on it, true facts or not, doesn’t deter visitors to Key West from standing in front of it to get that all important Florida vacation photo snap. If they just pointed their cameras or phones a few degrees differently, they’d get an even more artistic shot.

The man-size sculpture that stands nearby the infamous southernmost buoy is of Albert Kee. Albert, was a preacher and seafood salesman in the local community renowned for greeting visitors to Key West by blowing a conch shell as they rode by on the Conch Train. The statue of the Key West personality was created by the artist, Tim Joris. It is a true work of art that celebrates Key West citizens and its culture. Make sure to get a selfie standing next to it when you go there. It’s far more interesting than the characterless block of badly painted cement most folks rush to take photos of.