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Challenge: Architecture XIII (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: DJI Mavic Air 2
Location: La Jolla, California
Date: Nov 29, 2025
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2025

 A famous building designed by American architect Louis Kahn (considered by many to be his masterpiece) in collaboration with Jonas Salk himself who took great interest and active part in the design process. It is built on a high cliff overlooking Pacific Ocean. It's strictly symmetric, and along its East-West axis of symmetry there is a long narrow channel. If you stang in the back of the courtyard, water in the channel appears to flow directly in the ocean. During Spring and Fall equinoxes the sun sets directly behind it. Photographers love to catch these moments shooting westward from the back, there are many such photos online. This is a less common perspective, a wide panoramic shot taken by a drone suspended in front of the building and facing eastward.

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Place: 5 out of 30
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Votes: 29
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2025 08:58:39 PM
The POV and wide angle works well with this.
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 12/01/2025 11:25:21 AM
Photographed this one back in the day FOR the Salk Institute. A highlight...
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