Judging from the turnout of photographers on the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights tonight, just about every Flickreen in New York must have a shot along the same lines as this one, textured in more or fewer megapixels. You can't avoid taking it; it's mesmerizing and beautiful, and the night is perfect.
September 11th is one of the most difficult days of the year for many of us. Four years ago I stood in nearly exactly this spot and watched a gray cloud that completely obscured this entire view of Manhattan. The day was glorious, the weather benevolent. Both of the Twin Towers had already fallen.
Four years ago I stood here for close to three hours. In that entire stretch of time, no one spoke.
(Added 9/16/2005 to the Cream of the Crop group as my most "Interesting" and most favorited photo.)
(And please ignore the "Delete Me" group comments below - it's a slappy little Flickr game that gets tiresome fast.)
This photo has been #2 on Interestingness for the date of September 11, 2005, for many months.
Summer, 2011: According to Flickr and Yahoo, this shot of mine is one of the top 7 photos out of all the billions of images hosted on this site. Which is wacky, but fun. Many news sources have identified it as the third most popular photo on Flickr.
eyewashdesign: A. Golden, Angela., and 1274 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Leoraul's Old Account 13 months ago | reply
Pretty, isnt?
Lucille 190023 13 months ago | reply
What a shot the tower's should still be there but what a great idea, to put the most awesome color of blue in there place. Just wish, the lights could be there alway's. Like i said before what a great shot of, blue lights shinning upward to the heaven's. God bless those who lost there life. And those whom gave there's to save the other's whom were traped. Thnk's for sharing with the rest of us. Signed lucille
WindirM [deleted] 13 months ago | reply
Bautiful capture. There is some magic to Manhattan's nigh panorama.
Mohammadreza122 13 months ago | reply
beautiful
samueleluciano 12 months ago | reply
Bellissima foto, importnate anche per non dimenticare...
ssjocelynss 12 months ago | reply
wow！！！
philjose1878 12 months ago | reply
Brilliant shot, love it.
stefaniaphoto 12 months ago | reply
Straordinaria..
G.OZCAN 12 months ago | reply
Really Nice !!!!
Nenn. 11 months ago | reply
wow! STUNNING!
sukhvir619 9 months ago | reply
i miss this sooo much .
hipallavinanda 9 months ago | reply
awesome click!!!!!!
tech-pics 8 months ago | reply
Awesome...
- Dave Morrow - 8 months ago | reply
really nice comp and feel to this shot:)
Cheers,
Dave
[ via tag search on flickriver --- Dave Morrow - ]
f0Iken4461 5 months ago | reply
amazing pictures!
lameato feliz 4 months ago | reply
Felicidades una maravilla! saludos desde Alameda(Málaga) Spain
A.G. Photographie 3 months ago | reply
great capture in the night !
Felix1731 3 months ago | reply
Klasse Aufnahme.
khiaaok 3 months ago | reply
: D