Stephen Wilkes and his assistant Len Christopher (supported by a team of security and logistics experts) stood on a 40-foot crane in nonstop 35mph winds for more than 12 hours, shooting the images to create this magnificent photo of the 2021 Inauguration. The time scale of the photo moves from right to left, from day to night. In the top right-hand corner, Marine One flies away; at center, a sea of hundreds of thousands of flags represent those lost to Covid in 2020; at right, the evening lights. This photo premiered in National Geographic.