trevormahlmann

Celebrating two weeks as a Florida resident with a rocket launch!

Added 2020-07-01 22:08:13 +0000 UTC

Yesterday marked 2 weeks as a Florida resident! The SpaceX GPS III SV03 launch occurred on the anniversary and I couldn't be more excited about it.

Up until then, I was just working in Florida. You all are now directly supporting my full-time job of both living and working in Florida. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Here is some of the fun stuff I have been up to in my first two weeks as a resident:

I tried capturing the sun setting behind the Ponce de Leon lighthouse last year and because it only works during certain times of year, I tried it again a few days after moving in, capturing a really epic shot but still was sort of skunked by clouds! (even though this shot looks pretty epic)

The very next day, I drove the hour up to New Smyrna Beach because I wanted it lower and directly behind the lighthouse still 🤣

... and it worked!

So that was pretty epic.

One thing I thought about was, this shot is limited in the time of year I can capture it because I am restricted to being land based for the photo. In researching the Florida lighthouses, many of them are not directly on the mainland of Florida. Many are out a few miles away from the coast and so I've been looking at investing in a roof rack and kayak so I can go close to them and make some epic photos of them! Aerial photography from the kayak with the drone/quadcopter will really bring my photography to a whole different level! So expect more cool lighthouse photography in the near future.

I got to see a static fire of a Falcon 9 rocket before the 10th batch of Starlink satellites launch: