UPDATE: I didn’t know it until after I posted this– I was checking news headlines this afternoon; I see that last night some people were trapped in the Empire State Building elevators when construction workers had accidentally severed power lines to the building. OOPS! These folks were REALLY in the dark! All is well, although one woman was hospitalized with an injury, related to her prying open a door to try to get out. The MSNBC story is here.
Today’s Photo Hunt is a tough one for me. I think I used up all my creativity this week. I couldn’t think of anything “dark”! I flitted through my photos… should I talk about the time a thunderstorm knocked out the lights while we were at the zoo? Or about the time when a huge lake effect snowstorm formed over Lake Ontario while we were visiting (and I had a 2 hour drive in the snow ahead of me)? Hmm.
Well, I chose this photo. It’s a picture of night time in Manhattan. Real creative, huh?
Manhattan is known as “the city that never sleeps.” You know why? Because there is so much noise! No one can ever sleep, lol! I liked my experience in Manhattan (I was a student there), but I greatly prefer country life.
My photo is an old one– taken from the 80s. It’s the Empire State Building. It was late at night, but New York is still very brightly lit even at night. Nighttime in Manhattan is the same as daytime, except that the sky is turned off when it’s nighttime.
How did your Photo Hunt go today? 
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August 9th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I think your choice is fine!
We’ve were in Manhattan last year-some of the worst night’s sleep we had and we were six stories up in the hotel. It’s an interesting place though I prefer the country.
August 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
your entry is perfect for the theme. =) nice one. mine is up!
August 9th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Ha! — “the sky is turned off”! That’s funny.
Interesting photo. It’s hard to tell that it’s nighttime.
August 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
That’s a cool photo. it looks like it would be on a card.
August 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Oh, come on: This is Dark enough, yeah;))
I think it’s creative
August 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I think you done good! It’s neat that you used a really old photo, too.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
That’s an awesome picture because if I didn’t know better I’d swear it wasn’t a night time shot. I forget how well lit New York is.
August 9th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Oh, oh, oh! Now I have more ideas of what I *could* have posted for dark - like the time we lost electricity after Hurricane Wilma and we played scrabble in the dark with light from an oil lamp.
We love visiting Manhattan, but love living in the dark on Pollywog Creek even more.
Hope you are having a delightful and bright weekend.
August 9th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Thanks for your comments, folks! I am encouraged that my photo this week isn’t a total flop. lol
Patricia, as I looked at others’ photos, I felt the exact same way!! Some folks were really creative this week. And I much prefer the country, too!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I had a really hard time this week too
But yours makes a very good point, that it never really gets dark in a city. I recall our son coming home from university in London saying “Wow, I’d forgotten how you can see the stars in the country!”. Great post.
August 10th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Sweet! Posted a foggy one myself from when I was living in Sofia, Bulgaria.
What a coincidence about the news story
August 15th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
well there’s a tornado (warning) about to hit NY. I’m in NJ…hope you’re okay.