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January 15, 2005
Stunningly weird photos of Brooklyn & Manhattan Bridges in fog
On January 13, I woke up and looked into my back yard. At first I thought there was a fire nearby — everything seemed obscured by white smoke. The 'smoke' was actually fog — the thickest, lowest fog I've ever seen.
At 9:30, as EtherHub drove us both across the Brooklyn Bridge into midtown Manhattan, I had a chance to check out the capabilities of my new Canon PowerShot SD300. We were driving at a good clip, but I managed to get some amazing shots out the window.
I've lived in New York all my life, but I've never seen the skyline disappear so completely. The enormous gothic stone towers of the bridge were only visible for a few moments as we approached them; the rest of the time the suspension cables just disappeared up into the sky, apparently anchored to the clouds. The FDR Drive, which runs along the river up the east side of Manhattan, seemed to be a short stretch of grey in the middle of an empty, flat world of white nothingness. No river, no skyline, nothing. Even the bridges were only visible from the FDR when we were practically on top of them.
These are color photos, though you'd never know it. Here are a couple of the shots (click to enlarge):
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| The Brooklyn Bridge from the FDR Drive | The Manhattan Bridge from the FDR Drive |
More below the fold. (Again, click to enlarge.)
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| Brooklyn is allegedly at the other end of this bridge. | I love the ad on this cab. It's good to know I'll have somewhere to go in case those pouty ol' blue states ever really secede. | Ghost cables in the sky. |
Click here to view the complete album with more amazing shots and an animated GIF.
Posted by EtherPundit at January 15, 2005 05:35 PM Category: Brooklyn & NYC , Greatest Hits , Photoblogging
Comments
You've got quite an eye. Those are some great shots.
Posted by: The Chainik Hocker at January 17, 2005 12:34 AM
Excellent Shots. Wish I could have been there.
Posted by: Mario at January 17, 2005 02:33 PM
Purty.
Posted by: Sean at January 17, 2005 11:46 PM