Sunrise with Geese, Ryan Szekeres
Ryan comments, "This was taken behind the Adler at 6:58 A.M. today. Nothing complicated. I just set the camera down on the concrete to make sure it was stable and let it do all the work! The geese didn't mind me taking their picture one bit."
"Eldorado City of Gold" By Reidar Hahn
Here is a photo Friday night taken by Reidar Hahn at sunset from the top floor of Wilson Hall at Fermilab of the Chicago Skyline.
Hahn comments, "Two weeks a year the sun sets at just the right spot on the horizon to reflect off the windows of high-rise buildings in downtown Chicago. It happens during the week before Fall starts (Autumnal Equinox) and the week after spring starts (Vernal Equinox). At these two times the reflection of the sun off the windows line up with Wilson Hall.
The weather also has to be just right as well. The air has to be clear and just as the sun sets there can be no clouds on the western horizon. It's not the clearest or sharpest shot, because it shot with a big telephoto lens through 35 miles of 'Chicago atmosphere' "
About this picture's photographer:
Many thanks to Reidar Hahn, a member of Fermilab's Information Resources Department, who photographed and then forwarded this image to us. Reidar and his Information Resources colleagues at Batavia, Illinois-based Fermilab have worked with us in the production of our annual Fermilab/WGN Tornado and Severe Weather Seminar held each April.
--Tom Skilling
