Vero Beach locals tell us when the monstrous Saturn V rockets were blasting astronauts into space with night launches our Florida digs would be illuminated like daylight.
Last night's satellite launch was more like a lazy roman candle.
This pop-bottle blast was absolutely silent when it appeared above our northern horizon looking like a church-camp flashlight fighting a head-wind.
This exposure was 55 seconds long. That's how long it took for this rendition of rocketcraft to huff and puff the 80 miles or so separating our mobile home-RV park from the Titusville launch site.
The 3.8 ton Atlas 5 Rocket lazied into Florida's night sky about 9:30 p.m., Thursday carrying a satellite for NASA's communications network.
I held my camera firmly against a nearby palm tree while making this exposure all the while pondering our celestial background which included the constellation Orion, it's travelling companion Sirius--the brightest star in our visible planetarium; both accompanied by the visiting planet Jupiter.
The Heavenly display trumped mankind's Lilliputian effort that evening. By far.
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