A #photograph of a red-winged #blackbird, sitting on a tall branch in the scrub land around Cape Canaveral National Seashore, seeming to survey they area.
#redwingedblackbird, #MINWR, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #CapeCanaveralNationalSeashore, #CCNS, #bird.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/red-winged-blackbird-heron-and-fox.html

A #photograph of a United Launch Alliance #ULA #AtlasV #rocket in its 431 configuration, with a 4 meter diameter fairing, 3 solid rocket boosters #SRBs, and a single #RL10 engine on its #Centaur upper stage climbs up from its #launch pad.
This #photo was taken from #PlayalindaBeach in the Cape Canaveral National Seashore #CCNS, where a mile’s hike on the beach can bring you directly against the decrepit wire fence that marks the boundary between the parts of #MerrittIsland open to the public, and #NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s #KSC operational area.
The perspective in this image makes one of those fraying wires seem like an obstacle to the #rocket approaching from below.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-echostar-xix-climbs-towards-wire-heron-and-fox.html

#Playalinda #beach is perfect for #photographing #rocket launches, especially #AtlasV or #Falcon9 #launches.
There are multiple parking lots and boardwalk access to the #beach from Cape Canaveral National Seashore. From there, it is about a mile’s hike to the fence between #CCNS and #KSC / Kennedy Space Center. After the #launch (or #scrub), it’s another mile back to the boardwalk, on sand, carrying #photography gear.
But the launch is often worth it (few places you can *feel* the #sound of the engines), and sometimes the #view on the way back, looking over #MerrittIsland and #MINWR, is worth it too.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-at-playalinda-beach-heron-and-fox.html