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New York Bridges in Fog (January 13, 2005, 9:30 am)

Taken with the teeny tiny Canon PowerShot SD300 I'd just gotten for Christmas. I'd wanted a tiny camera, because I kept finding myself in situations where I wished I had a camera, but I knew I'd never carry around anything bigger than an iPod. Sure enough, I had the camera in my coat pocket as we drove across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan, and I was able to get some decent photos, even through the windows of a fast-moving car. Note lack of skyline, Brooklyn's or Manhattan's. Note lack of virtually all landmarks, for that matter.

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For an animated GIF of the drive across the Brooklyn Bridge, click here.

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The Brooklyn Bridge from the FDR Drive.		  IMG_0172
The approach to the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn side. The pedestrian walkway is on the left. There is a rather large bridge right in front of us, though you'd never know it.		  IMG_0174
On the bridge. No sign of a bridge, a river, or a city anywhere.
   
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You can barely see the tower here.		  IMG_0180
Roebling's controversial "ether suspension" system works marvelously. The suspension cables are bolted to cumulus clouds (not pictured), and the bridge has been solid as a rock since 1883.		  IMG_0181
What's this? A tower? When did they install that?
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Gothic arches appear.		  IMG_0183
And become distinct.		  IMG_0184
And approach.
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And loom.		  IMG_0205
The off ramp from the bridge. The tower is there somewhere in the middle of the photo.		  IMG_0206
Same again.
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There it is.		  IMG_0209
"Where's the rest of me?"		  IMG_0212
The Brooklyn Bridge from the FDR Drive.
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Still on the FDR Drive, going uptown, approaching the Manhattan Bridge.		  IMG_0218
If this guy's moving to Texas, he's headed in the wrong direction.		  IMG_0219
Manhattan Bridge.
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The Manhattan Bridge...		  IMG_0222
...used to go to Brooklyn. In the words of the rap song, "Where Brooklyn At?"		  UnderManhattanBridge
"Under the bridge downtown — I could not get enough." I love this photo. I've always felt the Manhattan Bridge is underrated, just because it happens to be right next to one of the most beautiful bridges in creation. Here's proof.