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My fellow night photographers and I try to get away from the bright lights of Calgary, but its difficult to get far enough away. it makes a fine background
Calgary was founded by the Northwest Mounted Police in 1876 and was originally called Fort Briseboise and later changed to Fort Calgary. It was founded in response to a surge of whiskey traders who traded for furs from the natives. In 1883, the first rail station was built and Calgary started to grow in every direction and became a agricultural and business hub. In 1894, it was renamed the City of Calgary. By 1902, oil was discovered, though it didn't mean much until 1947. After, during the fifties, oil became big in Calgary and major companies started heading to Calgary and opening offices. The boom extended into the next twenty years bringing the city to 720,000 people in the metro area by 1985. The relatively low-key low-rise downtown became filled with a sea of skyscrapers, starting with the Calgary Tower and some sixties towers.
Sunset at Calgary Bay, where many people departed Scotland for the last time during the highland clearances.
The light was cracking!
Well, for a photo taken out of the passenger side window of our car as Lisa and I were driving back from a scrumptous brunch on Friday, i thought this turned out pretty well!
This was taken just south of the Deerfoot Trail and 32nd Avenue NE interchange, looking west, and shows the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery in the foreground, and some central Calgary homes overlooking the Calgary Tower (left middle, red top) and a portion of the downtown skyline.
Also featured is an amazing Chinook arch of cloud and sky, a sign of the temperate weather that has been prevailing for the past few weeks (I am still waiting for everything to turn green, though, as you can see)...this made for wonderful contrast with the buildings below!