ChicagoHenge Behind the Clouds

Chicagohenge happens twice a year, when the sun aligns east-west with the urban canyons. It means that when the sun sets, it's centered between the buildings at the west end of an east-west street. Sadly last night, the clouds hid the sun from the dozens of photographers standing in this spot (including me). Disappointing but still a pretty sight.

[Tunia McClure]

The same thing happens on our Main St. and I forgot all about it. I have a friend who captures it in spring and fall.

[gloria jones]

Love the framing of the colorful sky between the tall buildings

[Phil Sandford]

Fabulous capture

[Marloes]

Still beautiful, even with clouds but I can imagine your pity...

[Casablanca]

It really is still beautiful

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful scene anyway

[Diana]

How wonderful, looks awesome on black.

[Dianne]

It still has incredible visual impact. Fav

[summerfield]

those clouds are a joy killer, aren't they? but that didn't take away from this beautiful urban scenery you've captured. aces!

[Inga Johansson]

Modern Stonehenge :) I like the colours and details.

[Nigel Rogers]

Amazing, shame about the cloud, but still a great picture

[Boxplayer]

Chicagohedge or Chicagohenge? 😀 I quite like idea of Chicagohedge... Heard about this recently, fascinating.

[Sally Ings]

Fabulous cityscape. Pity about the clouds but that gorgeous golden glow makes up for some of it.

[Taffy]

@boxplayer Oops!! Just fixed it!

[carol white]

Great composition and cityscape.Fav😊

[Pat Knowles]

Extraordinary still…..I’m sure you will catch it next time but it’s still a beautiful sight.

[Lou Ann]

It is still lovely. I love the term “urban canyons”, so apropos for downtown Chicago.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Chicagohenge! I like this very much!

[LManning (Laura)]

It's a striking shot none-the-less. I like the glow of all those taillights.

[Suzanne]

Great shot!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

So interesting and yes, it is still beautiful.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[April]

It is still quite striking and so different from the middle of the road open spaces sunset I get here.

[Islandgirl]

Still a lovely photo!

[Benno]

a bit unfortunate impressive nonetheless

[Steve Chappell]

Wow, fantastic shot

[Joanne Diochon]

Still a cool shot.

[Allison Maltese]

This is a wonderful shot. You really get the size and scale of the skyscrapers from the tiny cars below, and the golden glow adds a lot too.

[Jane Pittenger]

I remember previous years when the sun was more visible but I may even prefer this one

[Nick]

Love the perspective created by the tiny cars and the towering buildings.

[Milanie]

I, too, am fascinated with the tiny vehicles - love the lighting and you sure were in a perfect spot to capture this phenomenon.

[Kathy]

What a unique experience. I hate that Mother Nature didn't exactly cooperate but the resulting photo is still very cool. Such tall buildings.

[Graeme Stevens]

Great sense of scale here

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[eDorre]

Beautiful!

[Kathy A]

Beautiful!

[Kerry McCarthy]

Lovely city scene.

[haskar]

A wonderul composition and colours.

[GaryW]

Wow! Marvelous!

[Lois]

Beautiful view!

[Jnadonza]

I like how you captured the grandness of the place. One can feel the scale.

[Leslie]

It's so disappointing when that happens

[Rob Z]

It does give us a good idea of what happens. That vertical chasm is so impressive.

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. This is just stunning.

[borof]

Don't bother, it's still a great shot.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[*lynn]

Still a great photo of the sunset colors and impressive city architecture.

[Caterina]

Beautiful shot anyway, with all those lights already on and the dark buildings. Nature does not always cooperate. My husband and I came to cortina for a few days because of the beautiful clear sky. I was dreaming of finally obtaining those startrails I’ve been after for a long time, but the woods in the mountains just below us had started to burn and the fire caused the smoke to climb up on the peaks where I was supposed to do my masterpiece. No luck this time either. Let’s hope that the rain expected tomorrow will extinguish the fires and clean the air of the residual particles. Fav for your Chicagohenge

[Taffy]

@caterina It's so frustrating to have a particular set of images in mind and have weather make it impossible. I hope you had some more opportunities! I head you and Junko had a great visit. Congrats on the new little one in your lives!