4th of July - Destin Florida

This year we took a break from the traditional trip to Fairport, NY for the 4th of July and spent a week at our favorite beach, Destin, FL.  More on the trip to Fairport in the next post. This year we headed north a little later to help move my parents to Tampa. 

Here are some pictures of my first attempt to take pictures of Fireworks and stars on a dark beach. Much to my surprise when I got back in front of a monitor the photos of the stars picked up the Milky Way. The Milky Way was not visible to the human eye due to the light pollution but leaving the shutter open for a minute or so let enough light in to capture it. 

The view from Dewey Destin Seafood Restaurant.
Our favorite restaurant on earth

 

The glow on the horizon is Seaside

 I love how a camera can capture all this color in complete darkness.
It was after 10pm and total darkness when I took this. 

Fireworks from Sandestin Resort

More fireworks from Sandestin

I like how you can see the earth's rotation in the star trails