While cruising around on the Bullpen (a friend’s boat), and going in and out of every enclave in Boston Harbor this Fourth Of July, we came across the Queen Mary 2, which is docked in Boston for the holiday.

Seeing this ship up close was unbelievable. The size of this thing is really beyond description, and coming up on it by sea, really gave us a unique perspective on its size. At 148,528 tons, the Queen Mary 2 is the largest ocean liner in the world.

More Queen Mary 2 photos are here.

Sunset photos are a dime a dozen, but the view towards Boston (from Marina Bay in Quincy) this July 4th was pretty awesome. Very intense colors.

Some awesome storms ripped through the Boston suburbs this afternoon. Hail, sheets of rain, lightning, some serious wind, and as a result…trees down all over. This one just missed. I was honestly hoping for it to total the thing. It’s on it’s last legs anyways.

My car is the white Subaru in the photos, click for larger versions.

Not quite, though the phony video is fairly well done. It is actually part of a semi-clever ad campaign for the Sharks and Rays exhibit at the Aquarium.

They got me to post about it, viral campaign mission accomplished.