The Washington Monument was severely damaged in a recent earthquake that shook the District of Columbia and is still under repair. I wasn't able to see it at night as Sam did http://www.pbase.com/pegsam/image/152633400 even though I was in Washington for almost a month (!), but even in the daytime it was quite unusual looking with that scaffolding.

I have loads of Washington pictures to still process (or look at, anyway) so am jumping around a bit. I am back in Budapest, though, even if the images posted indicate otherwise!