A chandelier hung from live oak trees lights up the evening sky at the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion in Mobile, Alabama.

A great blue heron walks in the shallow water in Bayou la Batre, Alabama.

The Old Cahawba Archaeological Park which is located outside of Selma, Ala., includes a cemetery referred to on early maps as the “Negro Burial Ground” where slaves were buried. It includes a few marked graves, including one surrounded by an iron fence for Mealy Starke.

The rising sun lights the bark of a live oak tree at Oakleigh Mansion in Mobile, Alabama.

Cannon at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama

The sun rises on the columns of an old south church in Mobile, Alabama.

Muhly grass highlighted by sun at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama.

One of the remaining Crocheron Columns (circa 1843 stands out in the night sky at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park in Alabama during the early morning hours. [The earth’s rotation makes the stars appear to streak across the sky in this 9-minute exposure that includes flashlight illumination on the brick column.]

Cannon at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama

Fishermen trawl the water of Mobile Bay near downtown Mobile, Ala., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014.

The beach at the Flora-Bama Lounge in Pensacola, Fla.

The USS Alabama battleship in Mobile Bay greets visitors to Mobile, Alabama, as the sun rises.

A tower at Fort Conde and other buildings of the Mobile, Alabama skyline

Stars light up the night sky over a dock near Bayou la Batre, Alabama.

The 1860 Barker Slave Quarters building is one of the structures still standing at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park in Alabama.

The Old Cahawba Archaeological Park which is located outside of Selma, Ala, features a place where visitors can connect with history or enjoy nature. The site features a few buildings and brick ruins.

Looking over Mobile Bay at sunrise.

A dock is illuminated by park lights after the sun sets over Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama.

Sunset makes a brilliant sky after a gray day over Mobile Bay in Point Clear, Alabama.

The USS Alabama battleship greets visitors to Mobile, Alabama, during sunrise.

The Fambro House (circa 1841) is one of the few buildings still standing at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park in Alabama during the early morning hours. [This 30-second exposure includes flashlight illumination which gives the irregular lighting.]

The columns of a church soar in downtown Mobile, Alabama.

Shipping cranes rise above the Mobile River in Mobile, Alabama.