Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2006 with the "Tribute in Light" light display. The lightbulbs powering the "Tribute in Light" display consume almost 1/4 million watts of electricity. The column of light can be seen over 40 miles away. The twin columns of light in lower Manhattan are about twice as far away as the Statue of Liberty. The Empire State Building (lighted red, white, and blue and visible on the left over Ellis Island) is about twice as far away as lower Manhattan.

A wider view with the Moon rising to the right of the Brooklyn Bridge is here.

Canon S80. Composite of a series of 12 exposures ranging from 8 seconds to 1/4 second at f4.5 and ISO 50 plus one 1 second exposure at f5.4 of the Moon (seen here). The last exposure (of the Moon rising) was taken at 9:21:16 p.m. EDT on September 11, 2006. Photographed from Jersey City, New Jersey. ©2006