The Veterans Day memorial was designed to align perfectly at 11:11 on each Veterans Day.

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image showing The Veterans Day memorial was designed to align perfectly at 11:11 on each Veterans Day.

DerisiveGibe on November 11st, 2025 at 12:46 UTC »

Obviously the picture isn't on 11/11 @ 11:11am

At 11:11am on 11/11 there is always massive crowds, Go a day or 2 before or after is best for this kind of access.

spicybrowwwwn on November 11st, 2025 at 12:48 UTC »

Due to the precession (~wobble) of the earth this will be getting further and further away from perfect I believe for about 25k years

miclugo on November 11st, 2025 at 14:51 UTC »

To the people saying there is no crowd: the metadata on the photo_crop.jpg) says it was taken at 2014-11-10 11:19. (As mentioned, there would be crowds at the exact right day and time.)

There's also a time in late January when the sun would be in the same place in the sky, which would also be good to get this picture.

There's also MITHenge at just about the same times of year, when at sunset the sun lines up with a long hallway (the "Infinite Corridor") at MIT.