Remember this pic that Uncle Ken posted this past August? It was taken from the roof of his building showing the lights of Wrigley Field and he speculated that he might be able to see my building on a clear day. I had my doubts; there are a lot of tall buildings between here and there.
I spent a lot of time looking for Marina City with my telescope but the downtown area always seems to be hazy and I had no luck. It turns out I wasn't looking in the correct direction; I was too far east. I was estimating the direction based on what I thought was Trump Tower but I had the wrong building because it was blocked by the Deagan Building. A lot of time was spent on Google Earth, connecting the various locations and I finally got it right. It's a lot of fun to go flying through the sky with the 3-D view and I wonder how they get such good images of all the buildings. The view of my building is a couple of years old and it even shows the graffiti when the building was vacant. A strange site, to be sure.
Anyhow, the following image shows the view of Marina City from my easternmost window. The first image is the original from my newly repaired digital camera, the second image is an enhanced version, and the final image is a detail section that shows Marina City in all of its glory. Turned out pretty good, I think, since the building isn't in direct sunlight. According to Google Earth I'm about five miles from Marina City, as the crow flies. I'm starting to feel like the guy in that 60s movie Blow-Up, wondering what I'll find if I start looking closely at these telephoto images. Cameras and computers are a dandy combination, don't you think?
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