National Gallery of Art Light Tunnel

There are a lot of underground tunnels on Capitol Hill. I worked at the Library of Congress for ten years and one of the first events I attended was the dedication of a tunnel that was going to be constructed from the Library to the new Capitol Visitor Center. In the afternoon I walked that way so many times to step away from the office. Aside from that, there are tunnels that connect the library to the house office buildings to the Capitol and from the Capitol over to the senate side. One of the more interesting “tunnels” is the one that connects the east side of the National Gallery of Art to the West side. It is unique in that it is a moving platform - like in an airport - but has the feel of a space mountain in Disneyworld. There are a lot of twinkling lights that cascade all around as you go from one end to another. We were in this tunnel the other day because I needed to take photos for the weekly challenge and I though this spot could work for the “dreamscape” subject matter. Although I didn’t use one of these photos it was interesting to play with the filters and crops and try to make it to something a little interesting. We haven’t been through the underground Capitol Hill tunnels for obvious reasons lately. Hopefully we will be able to do it again soon. We miss our old activities - even the tunnels.