Crowds gather and watch the launch of NASA space shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center on the beach May 16, 2011 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. (Photo by Roberto Gonzalez/Getty Images)
A beachgoer walks past a buoy that washed ashore after Hurricane Isabel made landfall September 19, 2003 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Wearing a satin and lastex top and a skirt made of fishnet Ann Evors, a Paramount player, poses for the cameramen on the beach, circa 1928. (Photo by Central Press)