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North Florida Field Office

"Sea Turtles Dig The Dark"

"Sea Turtles Dig The Dark" is a 30-second public service announcement asking beachfront homeowners to do their part in reducing beach lighting during the sea turtle nesting season. Files are available in MPEG, Realmedia, and Windows Media File formats.

Nesting season for southeast Florida is from March through October. For the remainder of the Southeastern United States it is May through October.

Realmedia® (RM) versions

Low resolution - 87KB - Dial-up connection
Medium resolution - 186KB
High resolution - 1.77MB - High-speed internet connection

Windows® Media File (WMV) versions

Low resolution - 627KB - Dial-up connection
High resolution - 915KB - High-speed internet connection

MPEG (MPG) versions

Low resolution - 1.85MB - Dial-up connection
High resolution - 2.87 MB - High-speed internet connection

BetaSP and miniDV tape is available to television stations by calling 904-232-2580 ext. 109 or by providing shipping information to the Public Information Office via e-mail

Realmedia® format requires a version of RealPlayer® which is available at http://www.real.com/help/

Windows® media file, MPEG and AVI files require an appropriate player or plug-in, such as Windows Media Player® which is available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx

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Last modified March 29, 2006

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