The 9/11 Memorial in New York City
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This is the 9/11 memorial in NYC. The original buildings, once the rubble was removed, were left as big holes. They excavated the area and took out a lot of the basement levels as well. Pretty much everything, but instead of filling it in, they became massive 'reflections pools'.
The water flows down the walls, into the pool below and then into that deeper central hole, to which I do not know where it leads.
All along the pools are the names of the victims of that day, this includes the passengers on the planes, the first responders lost on the day and those lost at the pentagon as well. The particularly heartbreaking ones to read are the names of women "and their unborn child". I found that hard to bare. I cannot imagine how their families must have felt.
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The new 1 WTC tower stands vigil over the site. You can see it's reflection on the image above...
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The tower is so tall I was only able to get it into the frame with the pools by using a fish eye lens. It towers over the site like it is standing guard over those lost. It works rather well and I wonder if that was a conscious choice of the people who designed it or not..
One other small detail that is, I think, quite beautiful, is that every day certain names get a white rose placed in them. This is to mark that person's birthday. They do it every day and no one is forgotten.
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WOW these are some of the best shots I have seen of the memorial you have truly done it justice
Thanks mate that means a lot :)
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Very interesting post and story about the memorial, if i click and i see full sceen seems really bigger!
Thanks, yes the full screen view gives a much better sense of scale!
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