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 I parked at the gate on hwy 484 to hike the Florida Trails to the top of Bluebird of Happiness Hill to watch a rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center here in Florida. I live in the center of the state but I can still see the launches if the weather conditions are good. 

And they were perfect!

There wasn't a cloud in the sky and I knew what direction to focus on.

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It was exciting and exhilarating to watch this marvel.

A quote from the website HERE "A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF-44 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission is expected to deploy two spacecraft payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, one of which is the TETRA 1 microsatellite."

I did a contrast in PhotoScape to be able to see a different view.

And a good website for seeing more of the photos taken on the site is HERE.

Taken on the way back down the hill.

It was an incredible way to start my day.

The sky was perfectly clear except for this neat little clouds to the North. 

I saw a lot of neat things in nature on my hike too.

Flycatcher

I took all of these photos. (you can barely see the clouds from the launch in the right side of the photo)

Another beautiful day in Florida! I wonder if today will have some excitement in it....

you just never know until you get out in nature and explore!

Enjoy your day! 🚀

SpaceX Launch Photos

 

We watched the SpaceX launch of the 100th Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying the Starlink V1.0-L15 one night last week. 

That was a highlight of the week for sure!

The weather was perfect and the sky was clear.

Hubby gets credit for all of these neat photos! His camera (hand held and slow shutter) gave it some awesome effects!

I've mentioned that I'm still having headaches but I started a new allergy medication this week so I hope this solves the problem. It did not stop us from hiking though!

And of all things to see in the parking lot of the Florida Trails at the Pruitt Trailhead!

A SpaceX model of a Tesla.

 

We don't see that many Teslas anyway and how amazing to see this SpaceX! Maybe it was Elon Musk out for a hike on the Florida trails! You just never know! heehee! We didn't see anyone else hiking (we saw 3 people on bikes) but maybe he was FASTER than us and stayed way ahead of us on the trail! lol

Another cute Jeep at the HTP trailhead.

Which would you rather have? The Tesla or the Jeep? Or how about a horse?

We also saw 2 people riding horses and the horses were very beautiful.

Have you been able to get outside this week? I'm thankful for hiking weather here in Florida! 🌞

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