It was mid- August and I had heard that the fishing pier in Safety Harbor was closed 2 weeks before when Hurricane Debby skirted by us. The pier was old and was already scheduled to be replaced next year. On the surface it looked okay but it must have had a lot of damage underneath because when Hurricane Helene came through it wiped out the pier completely. 
I had a quick walk around the park and was already missing the manatees that you could see when you walked out to the end of the pier. I’m sure they are still out there but it will be hard to see their snouts coming up for air from the park.
Later that afternoon I came back to the pier in hopes of getting some shots of the full blue moon coming up over the water. When I got to the pier I realized there were a lot of clouds along the horizon. It would be much later before the moon was visible above those clouds and it would be much higher at that point. Right before dark I gave up and was heading home.
Turning around to head back to my car I could see the sun setting behind the marina and the clouds moving in. It turned out to be a beautiful night and I was finally able to see the moon from my backyard.
Sad to hear that the pier was damaged in the hurricane! You saw a beautiful sunset and big glowing moon on your walk!
You are such a photoblogger. You didn’t get the photos you planned on taking so you got other photos, and they are great.
Beautiful sunset photos. Yes, the clouds can really mess up planned moon photos (Milky Way photos too!).
Wonderful captures!
and so it is but you didn’t let negative things get in your way you found another way and subjects to take. You deserve gold stars!
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Nice shots.