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Views of Falling Water

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Falling Water is so exquisite, one has to wonder, How did Frank Lloyd Wright ever come up with the idea for it?

I believe that the idea was all around him in plain sight. Horizontal striations dominate the Western Pennsylvania limestone rock that abounds on the site, contrasting stunningly with the vertical trees of the forest and the rushing water.

Wright’s unique genius–which cannot be overstated–was to see how this forested horizontal structure could manifest as a house.

Can you see the likeness? Here’s one little creature that seems to.

Views of Falling Water

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I just returned from a trip with my mom to Falling Water, the well-known Frank Lloyd Wright house in Western Pennsylvania whose decks are cantilevered over a waterfall. You know the one.

Yes, that one. Most people have seen this view, but the amazing thing about Falling Water is that every view of the house, from its setting and relationship with its surroundings down to even the smallest interior detail, is beautiful.

Because I went on the so-called “In-Depth Tour,” which allows participants to take photographs, I am now sorting through and organizing a deluge of photos, and so I’m temporarily suspending the “Views from Golden Grove” series while I plow through these photos. I am truly privileged to be able to share some of them with you over the next few posts.

Enjoy!

Views near Golden Grove

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I thought you might enjoy this photo of a genuine sundog (parhelion) sighting on the island. It’s unusual because the clouds look more like some hybrid of stratus clouds than like the cirrus clouds that usually produce sundogs. But there must have been ice crystals in these clouds, whatever they were, for the sundogs to form.

Views near Golden Grove

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This post concludes a four-part series comprising eight photographs of the sunset on July 1, 2010. The series shows the sunset as it progressed from 8:08pm until 8:32pm. These two photos are close-ups of the sky (so to speak!) taken at 8:29 and 8:32pm–enough elapsed time for the sun to go down and for those two people to get their vehicle safely off the bar.

Views near Golden Grove

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This week, we continue the time-sequenced presentation of the sunset on July 1, 2010. This sequence began at 8:08pm (the blog entry on July 15th) and will conclude next week at 8:32pm. Here are two views at 8:26 and 8:28pm.

Both of these were taken from my deck, but at different magnifications.

Views near Golden Grove

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Last week, this week, and and for the next two weeks, I am posting in chronological sequence a series of pictures all taken from my deck on Block Island on July 1, 2010 between 8:08pm and 8:32pm. Last week’s view near Golden Grove showed the sunset at 8:08 and 8:16pm. Now we see how the sunset progresses. Here are two views of different parts of the sky at 8:24 and 8:25pm.

Views near Golden Grove

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How much difference only a few seconds may make in the way the sky looks as the sun sets! And even at the same moment, how different one part of the sky looks from another!

For this week and the following three weeks, I’ll post in chronological sequence a series of pictures all taken from my deck on Block Island on July 1, 2010 between 8:08pm and 8:32pm.

8:08pm

8:16pm