Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between official and illegal fireworks shows.
Take this shot from Bluoz from last night’s Fourth of July 2011 celebration, for instance:
La Mision as seen from the SoMA:
Via Bluoz, click to expand.
Some of these rockets can get pretty high:
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Longtime mission resident here. These displays have been on-going for at least 20 years. We also get the sound with the fury, lots of house rattling M80′s, whistlers that boom at the end, and disgruntled car alarms. It didn’t stop last night until about 2:30