Tribute in Light time lapse, honoring those that were lost on 9/11 and as well as those that worked so hard to get our city through that terrible trial.

10 hours went into creating these 17 seconds. Enjoy.

Comprising eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers, Tribute in Light is assembled each year on a roof near the World Trade Center site. The illuminated memorial reaches 4 miles into the sky and is the strongest shaft of light ever projected from earth into the night sky. 

Tribute in Light is one of the most powerful and healing works of public art ever produced. The majestic blue twin beams are presented annually by MAS, shining from dusk on September 11, through dawn the next day. Visible within a sixty-mile radius on a clear night, Tribute has become a world-renowned icon of remembrance, honoring those who were lost, as well as those who worked so hard to get our city through that terrible trial.

I’ve wanted to capture these images for years and finally got them. I will post a time lapse shortly so stay tuned.

Images copyright Reuben Hernandez. All Rights Reserved.

New Yorkers, look at the Tribute in Light at the WTC to honor those that were lost on 9/11 and those that worked so hard to get our city through that terrible trial. (Taken with Instagram at Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 1)

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REBIRTH is a riveting journey into living history - an act of personal witness to one of the most profound events in American history and the healing that has come in its wake. The result of a decade-long process by director Jim Whitaker, the inspirational story of REBIRTH follows the nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001 - and simultaneously tracks via unprecedented multi-camera time-lapse photography the minute-by-minute evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once rose. Both a singular cinematic and human experience, REBIRTH is deeply intimate and uplifting - providing a moving portrait of how trauma and grief metamorphose into hope and rebuilding as the human spirit transcends the unthinkable over time.