I live in Baton Rouge about 3 miles from the College Drive exit/entrance onto Interstate 10.  If you get on I-10 at College Drive and drive 1,831 miles due west, the interstate abruptly comes to an end at the foot of the Santa Monica Pier.  The Santa Monica Pier is not your average pier, at least not if you’re from Louisiana and your idea of a pier is what you see lining the banks at False River.  Nope, this is something entirely different.  The Santa Monica Pier extends almost 2,000 feet out into the Pacific Ocean and is home to several bars and restaurants, as well as various street (make that “pier”) vendors.  Oh yeah, the pier also has its own amusement park called “Pacific Park.”

“Pacific Park” includes a small roller coaster and a very large ferris wheel.  I took these pictures of the ferris wheel using a wide-angle lens and an exposure time ranging between 1-2 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a pic I took from the top of the ferris wheel looking down at part of the amusement park.

 

[author] [author_image timthumb='on']http://johnmurrill.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/About-me-pic.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]John Murrill, the photographer who took these pictures and the Big Cheese of this web-site, annihilated a group of ten-year-olds in a game of Wack-A-Mole shortly before taking these pictures.  You can see more of John’s Pacific Park pictures by clicking here. [/author_info] [/author]