{"id":41722,"date":"2025-05-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41722"},"modified":"2025-05-15T07:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:29:16","slug":"red-signals-and-a-crescent-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/red-signals-and-a-crescent-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Signals and a Crescent Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Norfolk Southern signals at Cola in Columbia, Pa., displayed a stop indication for movements in the westward direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moon was a fine crescent and I aimed to juxtapose the lunar aspect with the railroad signals against the backdrop of the old Pennsylvania Railroad catenary masts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"41723\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/red-signals-and-a-crescent-moon\/ns_signals_dsc_3741\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;BRIAN_SOLOMON&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 7_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1745886173&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BRIAN_SOLOMON&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NS_signals_DSC_3741\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NS_signals_DSC_3741.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nikon Z7-II 24-70mm lens set at 70mm. 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