Police used powerful long-range zoom cameras to keep tabs on Fourth of July celebrations in Orlando on Wednesday, as authorities tightened up security around the country for Independence Day. The Orlando cops set up seven cameras around Lake Eola, a popular downtown park and monitored "every angle" of the goings-on. Even from across the lake, the cameras – which one Iraq war veteran present said resembled military equipment – were able to zoom in tight on suspicious faces, a local news channel reported. Of course, it must be noted that, when it comes to lakes, Lake Eola is a rather diminutive body of water, less than a 1/2 mile at its widest.

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