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I'm pretty sure it's a rule that all Texans must at some point stand in the Capitol Building and look up at the rotunda. I remember doing it as a kid. This time, decades later, I had a camera.
The hardest part was getting to the center amongst all of the tour groups that would gather at that exact spot.
This HDR was made from three handheld shots.
A view of the U.S. Capitol Building from the southeast, and a COLD ONE at that.
Twas a cold and windy night…
is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. The building was enlarged in the 1850s by extending the wings for the chambers for the bicameral legislature, the House of Representatives in the south wing and the Senate in the north wing. The massive dome was completed around 1866 just after the American Civil War. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as fronts, though only the east front was intended for the reception of visitors and dignitaries. Architect William Thornton.
This was taken from one end of a long fountain. There were small ripples on the water surface, and combined with the long exposure, the reflections of the lights were stretched out.
Capitol building, Washington DC.
A pair of shiny new Southern Pacific AC4400CWs pull a manifest from Ogden through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City, Utah on Aug. 26, 1995.
A view of the U.S. Capitol Building from the National Mall. Behind me is the Washington Monument. #U.S.Capitol #NationalMall
I wanted to test a Nikon mirrorless camera (Z6) that was loaned to me by a friend, so I went to the Olympia Capitol grounds where there was not only fall color, but a beautiful sunset as well.
A Union Pacific APSCOA (American President Lines) stack train twists and turns through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City on Nov. 14, 1992.
I took this shot in January of 2020 when there were more peaceful days at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
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I posted the inside of the dome down below (and up above :-)). Here's a view of the outside. Amazing detail they put into this roof both inside and out.
Just across Independence Avenue from the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory is a favorite “secret” garden of many Washingtonians. Bartholdi Gardens demonstrate a variety of sustainable features such as rain gardens, reuse of onsite materials, native plants, and locally-sourced furniture. The Fountain of Light and Water, commonly called the Bartholdi Fountain in homage to its creator Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. The surrounding garden was renamed in Bartholdi’s honor in 1985. The cast-iron fountain weighs more than 15 tons and stands 30 feet tall. The lights surrounding its basin are illuminated at night.
The graceful and fluid forms of the Fountain of Light and Water are based on Classical and Renaissance sculpture. The cast-iron fountain weighs more than 15 tons and stands 30 feet tall. It is an elegant expression of the Gilded Age and was intended as an allegory of light and water. The fountain appears on lists of American and international historically significant landmarks.
Origins
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) is best known for creating the Statue of Liberty. Bartholdi created this cast-iron fountain for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The fountain, cast in Paris by A. Durenne, weighs 30,440 pounds, stands 30 feet high, and has caryatid figures 11 feet in height. Bartholdi saw its combination of iron, gas light and water as symbolically appropriate for a modern city.
The fountain was purchased by the U.S. Congress for $6,000 at the suggestion of Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscape architect who designed the U.S. Capitol Grounds. It was moved to Washington, D.C., in 1877 and placed at the base of Capitol Hill on what used to be Botanic Garden grounds.
The gas lamps, lighted by battery in 1881, made the fountain a popular attraction at night. The lights surrounding the basin were added in 1886, and the round glass globes replaced the original gas fixtures when the fountain was completely electrified in 1915.
During the relocation of the Botanic Garden in 1927, the fountain was dismantled and erected in its present location in 1932. Over the years, the fountain was regularly repaired and maintained.
From 2008 to 2011, it was taken off-site for a full restoration and updated with energy-efficient systems and water treatment technology. This work ensures that Bartholdi Fountain will continue to provide enjoyment for many years to come.