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Day 2: Sunset at Old Town Hall Tower

By Willis Chung
Aug 11, 2018
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Day 2: Sunset at Old Town Hall Tower

Aug 11, 2018
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Heading east towards to the back side of Church of Our Lady before Týn. (Praha, Czechia.)

Steeple with finials of the Church of Our Lady before Týn, Praha, Czechia.

Back side of the Church of Our Lady before Týn, approaching from the east.

The clock tower of the Old Town Hall on Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia, where I will be working.

Old Town Square, Praha,.view to the north, Old Town Hall and St. Nicholas' Church dominate the view.

Looking to the east in Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia.

Friendly buskers in animal suits entertaining the tourists in Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia.

Friendly faces in Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia.

The Prague Astronomical Clock is being renovated, and a video presentation occurs every hour. (Praha, Czechia.)

Arriving at the top of the Clock Tower, looking west towards Petrin Hill. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Suiperwide view of Praha looking south from the Clock Tower. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

View to the southwest, with Petrin Hill creeping into the photo. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Twin spires of the Church of St. Gallen south of Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Žižkov Television Tower to the east. The David Cerny baby sculptures have been removed! (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Old Town Tower of Charles Bridge amongst the other spires to the west. Petrin Hill in the distance. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Diners on the rooftop of Terasa U Prince (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Terasa U Prince rooftop diners. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Terasa U Prince, dining on Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Lovely balconies probably have a great view of Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Twin spires of the Church of St. Salvator. Clock tower of Staroměstská vodárna to the right. (Looking west from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

View west of Old Town Square as the sun gets low. St. Nicholas' Church in the foreground. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Most of Old Town Square now in shadow as the sun gets low. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

People arriving for a concert at St. Nicholas' Church (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Golden hour light on Church of Our Lady before Týn (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Polar bear entertaining the tourists in Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Golden light from sunset on gilded Madonna and Jesus, Church of Our Lady before Týn, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Sun setting on Powder Tower, Old Town, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Golden hour view of Žižkov Television Tower, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Golden hour light on the Golden cross building at the northeast corner of Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

St. Vitus Cathedral against the sunset (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Golden hour light reflecting off the finials of the twin spires of Church of St. Salvator. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Clock tower of Staroměstská vodárna, a commercial building on the east bank of the Vltava River. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

The finial on either the east or west tower of St. Nicholas' Church. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Sunset lighting the windows of the central tower of St. Nicholas' Church, Old Town Square, Praha. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

There is a microwave relay antenna in the west tower of St. Nicholas' Church. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Strahov Monastery to the north of Petrin Hill. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Petrin Tower atop Petrin Hill to the west. Sun glinting off finials on towers of St Lawrence Church. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Clock tower of Kostel svatého Jiljí to the southwest. We will visit it in a few days. Fantastic! (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

I spot an escaped balloon floating overhead. Probably a child is a bit sad... (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

The V-Tower to the south, 30 floors high, containing 120 apartments. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Golden light bathing the diners on the roof of Terasa U Prince (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Terasa U Prince rooftop dining at sunset (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Prague castle complex set against the glow of sunset. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Strahov Monastery with Mala Strana in the shadows below it. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Tower of the Clementinum in front of the dome of St. Francis Of Assissi Church. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Peeking beyond the east tower of St. Nicholas' Church to Čech Bridge and the Metronome (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Buildings along the east side of Pařížská catching the setting sun's light. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Looking to the north, I believe. A crouching clock tower. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

The modern residential roof line: satellite dishes and plumbing vents. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Dome of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, lit up later in the evening. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Slim spire atop steeple of Kostel svatého Jiljí to the south. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Young couple taking in the glow of the sunset. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Sun going down just to the north of the Prague Castle complex. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Sunset just to the north of the castle complex. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Steeples of St. George's Basilica to the east of the much bigger St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Other photographers working to capture the sunset. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

This lady set up her phone for a time lapse video of the sunset. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

St. Vitus Cathedral against the sunset, color a bit deeper than earlier in the evening. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Lots of photography happening in the towers! (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Sun dropping under the ridge line. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Spires of St. George's Basilica in the twilight. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Candles now illuminating the tables on the rooftop of Terasa U Prince (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Just as busy at 9PM as earlier in the evening at Terasa U Prince (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Twilight over the northwest corner of Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Softer twilight bathing the east side of Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Church of Our Lady before Týn doesn't look as severe in the twilight. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Still plenty of polar bear action with the tourists below in Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

This is the view east from the elevator at the center of the clock tower. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Czech telecommunications infrastructure building, CETIN, to the east in the Žižkov neighborhood. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Twin spires of Church of St. Gallen, gilding glowing in the twilight. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Illumination of the Prague Castle district getting turned on. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

St. Vitus Cathedral beginning to be lit up against the twilight. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Illumination of the dome of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic to the north. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Central lower stained glass window along the south wall of St. Nicholas' Church, Old Town Square. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Glimpses into apartments to the west of St. Nicholas' Church. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Happy people after getting some gyros on Kaprova (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Northern Old Town Square in the twilight, streetlights switched on. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Kostel svatého Jiljí illuminated by streetlights. 500mm lens, 1/15th second on a monopod... (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Strahov Monastery illuminated. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Prague Castle complex, with twilight fading, fully illuminated. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Terasa U Prince, dining with table lamp light. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Dining by the light of small table lamps, Terasa U Prince. 300mm f/2.8, 1/20th second on a monopod. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Charles Bridge Old Town Tower illuminated. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Petrin Tower gets some colored illumination. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Old Town Tower of the Charles Bridge. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Lights on at St. Vitus Cathedral at the center of the Prague Castle district. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

St. Nicholas Church in Mala Strana lit up during the blue hour of twilight. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

St. Nicholas' Church, along the north side of Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Madonna and Jesus, central steeple of the Church of Our Lady before Týn, Praha, Czechia (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Window in the center of the Church of Our Lady before Týn, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Looking east over Old Town Square, with Church of Our Lady before Týn dominating the view. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Žižkov Television Tower colorfully lit up. No more baby statues on the tower! (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Another view showing the full antenna atop Žižkov Television Tower, Praha, Czechia. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Bata Shoes in Wenceslas Square to the southwest. (Taken from the Clock Tower of Old Town Hall, Praha, Czechia.)

Back at ground level, at the site of the Astronomical Clock, now being renovated. (Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia)

Turrets on the south steeple of Church of Our Lady before Týn seen from ground level. (Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia)

Turrets on the south steeple of Church of Our Lady before Týn seen from ground level. (Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia)

Getting some photos of St. Nicholas' Church (Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia)

All the steeples of the Church of Our Lady before Týn (Old Town Square, Praha, Czechia)

The eastern Swarovski store in Old Town. Yes, there are two Swarovski stores, just 300 meters apart. (Old Town, Praha, Czechia.)

More details of the turrets on the south tower of the Church of Our Lady before Týn, Praha, Czechia

Arriving at the Power Tower, near our apartment. Praha, Czechia.

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