Week 8 -- Aiden Giuffre

This is an intentionally blurry picture of Eagle Rock along Colorado Boulevard from above at night. I chose this picture because it draws attention to the colors of a city at night. To the right we see the amber spots of Sodium Vapor lamps lighting up Yosemite and East Colorado, but to the left we can see a smattering of Blues, Greens, and Whites in the vicinity of Eagle rock highschool. In the far background a Streak of red can be seen where the cars on the 134 Westbound show their tail lights. Towards the top of the picture we can see lights shining from slopes of the ridge separating Eagle Rock from the San Gabriels. the sheer variety of color and intensity in these lights starkly contrasts my early preconceptions about municipal lighting at night. Where one my expect a uniform orange-amber glow, one will instead find a varied palette of shimmering colors, even in the absence of direct oversight or design.