--- title: A Sky-High View of Sunbathers description: As Tropical Storm Arthur threatens to ruin July 4th beach plans, here's a look at people enjoying ideal beach day weather canonical: https://time.com/2946152/july-4-beach-sunbathers/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-02T16:07:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:34.781Z og:title: A Sky-High View of Sunbathers og:description: As Tropical Storm Arthur threatens to ruin July 4th beach plans, here's a look at people enjoying ideal beach day weather og:url: https://time.com/2946152/july-4-beach-sunbathers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61dd8c6178c92e61/69869a0c13c79f29ba192e29/sunbathers-from-above-gallery4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Sunbathers from Above og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Sky-High View of Sunbathers twitter:description: As Tropical Storm Arthur threatens to ruin July 4th beach plans, here's a look at people enjoying ideal beach day weather twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61dd8c6178c92e61/69869a0c13c79f29ba192e29/sunbathers-from-above-gallery4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Sky-High View of Sunbathers > Sponsored content. 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