Ahh, the symbolism... three days after leaving HQ, I took this shot of the all-controlling center of the solar system (the Sun) rising behind the all-controlling source of NASA's funding (the US Capitol).

I'd been trying to take a photo like this for some time. What makes it hard is that there is only one place (well, a line) that the Sun and Capitol are lined up on, and it changes every day, and the event it's gone in a bit over a minute. Being urban most of the possible sites are blocked by trees or buildings, and there is very often some early-morning cloudcover on the horizon. Here, I plotted out my plan beforehand, and had set myself up at 6 AM near the Arlington Memorial Bridge. I waited, finally saw the Sun come up at 6:47 AM, and it was off by more than I hoped (a small fraction of a degree). So I raced up the hill about 100 yards, hauling the tripod and big lens across two lanes of traffic, set up again, and got it.

Anyhow, symbolism aside, thank you everyone at NASA for making my time there amazing.