More kites!

[Kerry Perkins]

Yesterday was the 15th annual Japan-America Kite Festival in Seal Beach, California. I have been photographing this event for five years now and I love the color and spectacle of this event! This is a Blue Meanie with a purple fish above it, then "Smooches" the gecko, and below to the right is a flying saucer. On the ground there is a porcupine. These are all a type of kite called inflatables. They fill up with air and rise into the sky or stay on the ground like the porcupine.

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice image, Kerry. Amazing the variety of kites there are! How big are some of these kites?

[Kerry Perkins]

Christopher, the gecko is a 50 foot kite and the blue meanie is 15 feet tall. There were bigger kites in the sky that day, including a few that are 150 feet long. It requires a lot of strength and agility to put these kites up and take them down!