WTC Lights

[bartoj11]

Was out tonight with the 5D. Decided to try and get some pics of the Tribute in Lights they hold every year in NYC. I live 2 blocks from WTC, so this is very "close to home" for me.


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[Dimitry]

I really like the way you captured the light...very cool!

[JawsofLife252]

I agree with dimitry, you captured the light amazingly here. Awesome

[Lord_Malone]

A beautiful capture of a tribute to our greatest tragedy. Thank you.

[michael_]

great photos, i wonder if these are visible from space

[bartoj11]

I was actually talking to security about that and he said you should be able to see them from about 20 miles out? Dunno if that's true, but sounded reasonable to me when you see them up close.

[chakalakasp]

Oooooh, you have me seething with jealousy! ;) Those photos are spectacular -- especially #1. Plus, they're photojournalistic and will have historical significance. I was just in NYC and never captured anything as cool as this.

[michael_]

I was actually talking to security about that and he said you should be able to see them from about 20 miles out? Dunno if that's true, but sounded reasonable to me when you see them up close.

thats damn cool, these are by far the best photos i have seen of the memorial

[Coco-Puffs]

whoa.

[Miniflash]

Great shots ..

[Livinthalife]

Beautiful! Had no clue there were so many memorials already there!

[SoaringUSAEagle]

VERY NICE! And yeah 2 blocks away is a bit too close. Thank you for your efforts to share us this memorable moment.

[Brodog2525]

I was actually talking to security about that and he said you should be able to see them from about 20 miles out? Dunno if that's true, but sounded reasonable to me when you see them up close.
that is true. i live in CT (right now im a college student in VT)

anyway last year we were out on a sailboat on 9/11/05 and then i saw 2 light beams over the water. i thought it might be the WTC site so we got the compass out and and we figured out they were in the direction of NYC. we are 99% sure it was the light beams from the WTC site.

[bartoj11]

thanks for all the positive response. as I'm sure you know.....it's not easy.


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[pup]

beatiful... i was watching from the other side of the river

[cgratti]

Id love to see the base of these lights, those light must be huge to light up the sky like that...

[bartoj11]

These were from last year. Taken with the Rebel. I believe there are two arrays of 44 xenon lights each, with each light putting out 7,000 watts of power.

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[no sadusabisa]

wow man , nice shots , i love it , seems so space age.Very creative

[whiteflyer]

Fantastic shots, first time I've seen a close-up of the lights.

I think it would be good if these light could be incorporated in the re-development of the site to be come a permanent memorial.

[ZekaG]

Nice shots. They sure require a lot of electricity, but it's not in vain .