The following pictures document a minor rainstorm that occurred during December 23 and 24th, as seen from the Hampton Inn on Pensacola Beach. Pictures were taken with the Casio QV120 Digital Camera. They have been compressed here to minimize download time, at the expense of some loss of detail.

View from the balcony of Room 226 late in the day on December 23, 1997. A cloud cover has caused the patio lights to come on. The temperature has dropped to about 60 degrees.

Seagulls huddle behind a windbreak by the boardwalk..

From far out in the Gulf, a wall of rain approaches the shore.

At 7:30 AM on the morning of December 24, the clouds break up offshore.

A fogbank, backlit by the rising sun, recedes to the east.

A rainbow over the Hampton Inn and the Pensacola Beach water tower.

From inside Room 226 at 10:00 AM, December 24.

All photos on this page are ©1997 Phil McLaughlin