We just returned from the Battlefield Illumination at Antietam. Above is my favorite of the 78 pics we took, most of which are garbage because we were moving. We waited for two hours to go through the battlefield, but it was well worth it. The historian who told me about it said, "if you think you know what 23,000 luminaries look like, let me tell you that you have no idea." He was so right. Field after field after field, as far as the eye could see, filled with thousands of luminaries. As soon as I thought that we had passed the final field, another one, full of more luminaries, would be right around the corner. One of the most hauntingly beautiful things I have ever seen.
Mark your calendar, the Battlefield Illumination is the first Saturday of December every year. I'll certainly be back - hopefully with better lowlight photo-taking skills.
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