Sundays in my City - The Blue Angels @ Fleet Week in San Francisco
The Blue Angels are the annual highlight of fleet week here in San Francisco. I have been to so many fleet week festivities over the years that this week I decided to forgo the air show and rather get out to the Golden Gate Bridge area during their practice show. I spent a couple of hours chasing them around the skies and after a couple of dozen shots had a few good enough to post. It is so difficult getting shots of the Blue Angels. They fly so fast and so low in the sky that half the time you don't even know where they are coming from until they are literally right on top of you.
They are truly amazing to watch. The above photo is a maneuver where they fly upside down during a downward spiral. They also fly so close to each other that it is a bit scary at times. I am also going to try and get on at least one of the ships this week. Notice I said try. There are literally hundreds of people doing the same so we'll see. Until next week, enjoy the show.
ALL PHOTOS BY JOANNE OLIVIERI . THE VIDEO AT THE END OF THIS POST, COURTESY OF ABC7 NEWS.
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Kebeni, Yes it was a challenge but worth it to see them perform. Thanks and have a great Sunday.
Happy Sunday!
Once I had to testify in court at Treasure Island several years back when that was still active Navy....the trial was going ond during the Blue Angel rehearsels and the judge would have to stop my testimony every time they'd go
zooming overhead. You couldn't hear anything for a few minutes afterward.
You can even catch them out near baker beach.
mArty, I couldn't get them at all using the LCD screen so I turned on the view finder and that helped. Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Thank you.
ruma
Cheers, jj
Ann, your Dad was a wonderful man. I can tell by your thoughts about him. The Blue Angels are incredible to say the least.
Icy, thanks so much it was a challenge but fun :)
Lynn, thanks, I almost had motion sickness watching them :)
Denise, thanks, yes I think it's the powerful engines that just get us hooked.
Thank you so much, Sonya
Ruma, it really is such precision, it always amazes me.
Tara, how cool, it must be loud out there :) I would never get tired of watching them either.
Joanna, it must have been quite scary if your didn't know what it was :) Great area in which to live, even for only two weeks.
Kay, Alberta
Stopping by from Sundays in My City to say hi!
My daughter and the dog we live with have been terrified by the sound.