View from a raised position beside a large stone wall in shadow, looking out over a busy Parisian public square with parasol café tables, trees, and Haussmann-era buildings under a bright sky with a solar halo and contrails.

Solar Halo Over a Paris Public Square

4 October 2017 · Paris

A solar halo burns through a contrail-streaked sky above the Centre Pompidou area, the massive stone wall at the right edge thrown into deep shadow by the glare. Below, the square moves at its own pace — parasols, cobblestones, café chairs, figures crossing in ones and twos. The wall and the sky pull against each other: one fixed and ancient, the other restless with light and jet trails.

Browse Series