{"id":8201,"date":"2014-09-17T02:01:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2014-09-10T08:06:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:06:40","slug":"nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Nederlandse Spoorwegen and a Gap in the Sky."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Finding the Light and the Rain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I saw an opening in the sky to west. So I made my way to the nearest set of tracks. The Netherlands is criss-crossed with busy electrified lines. And this mainline near Tilburg looked promising, if not sublimely scenic.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of a about half an hour, the light became steadily more dramatic. With low sun setting over the North Sea to the west, illuminating a thin deck of clouds. All the while it was raining lightly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8197\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/09\/17\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_emu_sunset_berkel_enschot_img_8242\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8197\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_emu_sunset_berkel_enschot_img_8242\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;258.29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;-0.53361834044368&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3.5230860328603&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NS emu sunset_Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8197\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"NS emu sunset_Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_emu_sunset_Berkel_Enschot_IMG_8242.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NS emu sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8200\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/09\/17\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_line_with_sunset_sky_berkel_enschot_p1060311\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8200\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_line_with_sunset_sky_berkel_enschot_p1060311\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?fit=800%2C534\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;272.02&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6170.8401769372&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851091671143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NS line at  sunset_Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"NS line at  sunset_Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_line_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060311.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NS line at sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8198\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/09\/17\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_sprinter_sunset_sky_berkel_enschot_p1060313\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8198\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8198\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_sprinter_sunset_sky_berkel_enschot_p1060313\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?fit=800%2C534\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;287.86&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6682.6586028066&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851091671143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NS Spinter sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"NS Spinter sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_Sprinter_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060313.jpg?resize=449%2C300 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NS Spinter sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8199\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/09\/17\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_signals_with_sunset_sky_berkel_enschot_p1060322\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8199\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8199\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/ns_signals_with_sunset_sky_berkel_enschot_p1060322\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?fit=800%2C1199\" data-orig-size=\"800,1199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;275.33&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6170.6165872259&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851091671143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NS signals at sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?fit=358%2C537\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?fit=474%2C711\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?resize=474%2C710\" alt=\"NS signals at sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.\" width=\"474\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?resize=358%2C537 358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?resize=483%2C724 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?resize=200%2C300 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NS signals at sunset Berkel Enschot, Netherlands. August 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the Light and the Rain I saw an opening in the sky to west. So I made my way to the nearest set of tracks. The Netherlands is criss-crossed with busy electrified lines. And this mainline near Tilburg looked promising, if not sublimely scenic. Over the course of a about half an hour, the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nederlandse-spoorwegen-and-a-gap-in-the-sky\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nederlandse Spoorwegen and a Gap in the Sky.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[2353,1378,2354],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NS_signals_with_sunset_sky_Berkel_Enschot_P1060322.jpg?fit=800%2C1199","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-28h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8203,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201\/revisions\/8203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}