24/07/2026
You would never guess that a cluster of alien looking domes is slowly sinking into the sea off southwest Florida. 🛸
Just off Cape Romano, six white igloo shaped domes stand on stilts in the open Gulf, waves lapping at their pilings. They were not left by aliens. In 1981 an oil producer built them as a self sufficient, solar powered dream home on dry sand, decades ahead of their time. But storm after storm and a shifting coastline pulled the land right out from under them.
Now the beach is gone, and the domes sit surrounded by water, reflections rippling in the shallows, seabirds perched on their crumbling roofs. Boaters and kayakers drift out to circle them, half amazed, half haunted. Every year the Gulf claims a little more.
They are a monument to a bold idea and a quiet reminder of how fast Florida's coastline can change. 🌅
Do these sinking domes look more like a lost future to you, or something out of a dream? 👇
