A Cool and Beautiful Fog Surrounds the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse surrounded by early morning fog is both beautiful and surreal. Sometimes it looks like the Lighthouse is floating off of the ground with low hanging fog hiding it’s lower base. Most of The Cape is undeveloped out by the launch pads and launch sites, so conditions are ripe for fog when the rare and cool Florida air mixes with the warm air over the waters of the Banana River to the West and the Atlantic Ocean to the East. The moist air cools and when the humidity reaches a 100% a soft and opaque fog settles and envelops a large portion of The Cape including the Lighthouse and Launch sites.
About the Author and Photographer: Alden Pitard has over 40 years experience working in the Aerospace Industry at Cape Canaveral, The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Boeing locations throughout the country. He has supported the Space Shuttle Program, International Space Station, 787 Dreamliner and most recently the Artemis Program. During his time at "The Cape" he photographed a majority of the Launch Sites at KSC and Cape Canaveral. As the Space Shuttle program was coming to a close in 2011, the author decided to bike to all the Launch Complexes he could and capture the Space Center and Cape Canaveral as it was - thus "Biking through Space Ruins".