Sunday night turned into a soaking for thousands who came to the park district or high school grounds to watch the annual Fourth of July fireworks. Caught in a field 300 yards from cover, Mike couldn't get any wetter, so he tried to take as many pictures of the abbreviated display as possible. The wind and saturating rain played tricks on the camera, as you can see.

Pictures by Mike Fak

At first conventional pictures could be taken.

Then came the winds, which made this display look like fiery birds flying through the sky.

This one looks like a woman holding a staff of fire.

A barrage of anti-aircraft fire in this picture?

Some alien life forms always pop up on a rain-soaked lens.

Here it looks like an explosion lights up the entire night.

Multicolored lawn chairs go flying through the night sky.

Perhaps the question of why Mike stood in a field in a pouring rain was asked when this shell formed a question mark in the sky.

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