9/11 Pentagon Memorial

[Mike Mancil]

If ground can be hallowed, this is it. An evening visit started off with only about 10 or so people there, the atmosphere was solemn and quiet; then a large group of teens arrived by bus. I thought the visit was going to be ruined by teen laughter and hijinks, but I never heard anything but whispers from them. That's the kind of place this is.


Sony a6000, E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS, at f/4, 1/15 sec, ISO-3200, (-0.7 EV), 18 mm, hand held. Neat Image used to smooth some noise.

 

[AlanLichty]

Interesting scene with this lighting.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Mike,

I don't think I have ever seen that memorial before. It's quite different and is somber feeling.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Interesting scene with this lighting.

Hey Mike,
I don't think I have ever seen that memorial before. It's quite different and is somber feeling.

Thanks, I hope never to see another memorial like it.
Mike

 

[Ben Egbert]

Thanks for sharing not only the image but the ambience you found there. A very fitting memorial.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Thanks for sharing not only the image but the ambience you found there. A very fitting memorial.

Thanks Ben!
Mike

 

[dan swiger]

If ground can be hallowed, this is it. An evening visit started off with only about 10 or so people there, the atmosphere was solemn and quiet; then a large group of teens arrived by bus. I thought the visit was going to be ruined by teen laughter and hijinks, but I never heard anything but whispers from them. That's the kind of place this is.


Sony a6000, E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS, at f/4, 1/15 sec, ISO-3200, (-0.7 EV), 18 mm, hand held. Neat Image used to smooth some noise.
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Mike, thanks for posting this. Brings back a lot of memories. I had a PJ gig in 2011 covering some Flight 93 stuff

 

[Mike Mancil]

Mike, thanks for posting this. Brings back a lot of memories. I had a PJ gig in 2011 covering some Flight 93 stuff

Dan, glad you like it. Thanks for the comment.
Mike

 

[David S]

Very interesting, almost looks clinical

 

[Mike Mancil]

Very interesting, almost looks clinical

Thanks, I think . Not sure what clinical means.

 

[David S]

Thanks, I think . Not sure what clinical means.

Yes, the pattern of the lights, it looks so detailed so planned out its interesting.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Yes, the pattern of the lights, it looks so detailed so planned out its interesting.

Ahhh, in that case, it is all that and more. There are 184 of the benches, each dedicated to either a Pentagon employee (visitor) or a passenger on the airplane. Each bench has a name and age of a victim and if the bench points away from the Pentagon the person was on the ground, if pointing toward the Pentagon then the person was in the airplane. All of the monuments are arranged to the impact site and are chronological from left to right (in my picture) based on the victim's age.

So, yes, it's a monument with more than the average symbiology and content. Be sure to visit there one night if you get to DC.
Mike