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Sunday, January 24, 2010



The first in a week-long series of images of afternoon light in the National Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City, District, and Diocese of Washington.

When I captured this image, I heard in my head the line from G. K. Chesterton's poem "Lepanto"; And he flings great shadows foe-wards, making cross and castle dark / He has veiled the plumed lions on the galleys of Saint Mark.

Something about the shadow of the cross captured my attention.

ISO 800
1/2 sec
f/5.6
55 mm

Posted by Kevin at 7:12 AM

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Why "A Message From Earth"?

In 1979, Voyager I launched to the outer limits of the solar system and beyond. It carried onboard a gold plated disk for the reference of any intelligent life that found it to learn about earth. The disk contained images of the human figure, greetings in 55 languages, 115 sounds from nature, 90 minutes of music from a variety of cultures and eras, along with a greeting from the President of the United States and Secretary General of the United Nations. These are the only relics of human civilization outside the solar system.

Like Voyager, this record here beams elements of this life into the digital ether. Who will find it? What meaning will it have to them? I hope if the one who finds it is you, this record will have meaning to you of some sort.