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Washington Monument Sunset While Moving

We landed at Reagan National Airport as afternoon segued into evening. We used Lyft rather than Uber, as Lyft donated $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in response to Trump's travel ban: http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/29/14429452/lyft-donating-1-million-american-civil-liberties-union

As we scurried to our hotel, The Capital Hilton, We saw views of the National Mall, The White House, Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument. Despite that the photo is blurred, I liked the image of dark bare trees against the sunset sky with the monument in the background and the reddish spot of the moon above it. (The blurred effect gives a hint of the current state of things).

"The Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....Located almost due east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's tallest stone structure (brick is not stone) and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 554 feet 7 11⁄32 inches (169.046 m) tall according to the Nation Park Service" (Wikipedia).

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