Yesterday was the summer solstice and in honor of the very longest day of the year, photographer Susan Sanders brought us images of the Pantheon’s dome and oculus. Click here to see them.
But that’s not all she accomplished yesterday! She took herself to the Pantheon and spent some time studying the spectacular disk of light that’s thrown on the temple’s marble floor during summer’s longest days.
Streaming through the oculus in the dome, the sun creates an intensely focused beam of light that casts a perfect circle on the colored marble pavement.
Visitors find the awe-inspiring effect to be intensely provocative. They venture in and out of the disk of light–they’re not really comfortable standing in it, but they’re compelled to interact with it.
Enjoy the photos. And admire more of Rome by making a trip over to Susan’s photo blog: Rome With A View.
