Matthew Potts

I was studying architecture in Rome, Italy last semester and had heard of a little-known event at the Pantheon where the sunlight from the oculus aligns with the arch over the entrance portal on April 8th at 1pm. (Adjust for daylight savings and exchange the Gregorian calendar for the Roman one, and it happens at noon on April 21, the celebrated birth date of Rome).

As I entered the Pantheon to wait for the alignment, I caught this dramatic shot that I thought was more impressive than the event itself.