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Mother Nature provided her own fireworks
By adamg on Mon, 07/04/2016 - 10:53pm
Michael Ratty marveled over this evening's sunset over Boston.
More July Fourth sunset photos:
@universalhub Sunset over Quincy pic.twitter.com/WkllXd9Ppe
— dd808 (@dd808) July 5, 2016
Ok Boston, I'm ready! Happy Fourth! @universalhub pic.twitter.com/GJ4dyfbHD4
— pat lyddy (@kobuu) July 5, 2016
Boston harbor right now @ericfisher @universalhub pic.twitter.com/ztgB12eW71
— Kathleen O'Donnell (@tinyheathen) July 5, 2016
@MichaelPageWx @chipsy231 @YourIslandPark @universalhub July 4 Sunset pic.twitter.com/cVQ27jonAW
— John Gage (@foryourinfo1x) July 5, 2016
Thousands on the Charles River treated to this 4th of July sunset #july4th #boston @universalhub pic.twitter.com/651miCzeuU
— Jean Nagy (@jeannagy) July 5, 2016
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Comments
Nice.
Nice.
I watched most of the concert and fireworks on WBZ.
I saw that Mapfre ad about a half-dozen times, and I'm still trying to figure it out. If that's the Hatch Shell in the foreground of their little animation, what's the elevated highway in the background (across the water)? It looks like the elevated portion of the West Side Highway in NYC.
It was stunning again!
Ya I know, not Boston again but still stunning...
The first pic is why the best
The first pic is why the best place to watch is always from the Cambridge side. You get the river and the Boston skyline for both the sunset and later with the fireworks. From Boston, you get the river and something vague in the background. The extremely red reflections off all the buildings was pretty amazing this year at dusk. I noticed the new Millennium Tower had these three vertical lines from top-to-bottom created by the sun's reflection. Not sure if that was intended in the architect's design, but something great for the Boston skyline regardless. And no, I don't have pics--I don't believe in "no pics, it didn't happen"--I believe in experiencing the moment and memory.
The main drawback to the Cambridge side is depending on the loudspeaker audio, which is on a one minute or so broadcast delay, which messes-up the timing of things like the 1812 Overture. But the view more than makes-up for it. The Longfellow is where I used to like to watch things--I think they're supposed to finish the west side of the construction by this Fall--I'm hoping that maybe that means they will allow spectators on that side next year, but who knows...