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US Capitol Building

Started by aristaeus63, 01/17/2012 08:52PM
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Posted 01/17/2012 08:52PM Opening Post
Andreas Saldivar
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I had the day off yesterday and spent it touring the US Capitol building. Even though I live close to DC I hadn't done the tour in about 15 years. The sky cooperated in this shot.

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Posted 01/18/2012 12:08AM #1
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Beautiful shot and I agree about the sky.

The last time I was there was a week-and-a-half after 9-11 for a pre-scheduled 3-day meeting on a new federal prison for which I was the civil engineer on the design team. During breaks or for parts of the meeting when they didn't need me I walked the mall and it was earily silent unlike my previous trip in '97.
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Posted 01/18/2012 01:55AM #2
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Very nice. Say what you will about the government, at least we've got cool buildings for it. 8)
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