Raleigh had their annual 4th of July fireworks display. Actually, two simultaneous displays.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/18822838903 This image is looking south. The building in the left foreground is the new Raleigh Civic Center, with the Red Hat amphitheater in front of it. The concert in progress was Barenaked Ladies w/ Violent Femmes. I'd heard of them, but didn't really know any of their music. When I looked them up this morning I found that Barenaked Ladies does the theme song for the TV show Big Bang Theory. Just beyond the Civic Center is the Lenoir St parking garage. Fireworks display number one is launching from the parking lot south of the amphitheater; west of the parking garage. Display number 2 is launching from a parking lot on the east side of the Lenoir St garage. The second display is intended to be viewed from Fayetteville St which is downtown Raleigh's "main street" running from Capitol Square to Memorial Auditorium (now the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts). They closed Fayetteville St down for a street fair which culminated in the second fireworks display. The fireworks were set for fairly low burst heights, but I found a spot on the top level of another parking garage where I could see over the top of the Civic Center & catch both displays. You can't really see it in this image, but out on the horizon I could also see the fireworks displays for some of the smaller Wake County communities (Cleveland, Clayton & Garner). I hope everyone else enjoyed the 4th as much as I did. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
