Coney Island's Mermaid Parade Sparkles Through The Rain

Yesterday, in spite of the dreary weather, the Mermaid Parade rolled along Coney Island's Boardwalk, officially welcoming the summer. This year, King Neptune was actor Harvey Keitel (his wife Daphna was his queen); the Daily News reports the 70-year-old said, "As Mel Brooks said, 'It's good to be the king.'"

Here are just some of the great photographs our readers took.

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Was the last photo an alternate beginning to the film "Irreversible?"

It appears there is a lot of plankton out there in the ocean. Those mermaids look like they knocked off a few thousand metric tons in the past few weeks getting ready for the parade.

some of these mermaids are cute!
and some are like pantyhose stuffed with mozzarella!

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