Washington Monument rises as a towering marble and granite obelisk against a vivid blue sky scattered with bright cumulus clouds. The pale tan stone shows a visible color change midway up the shaft, with weathered texture catching the warm afternoon light along its eastern face. Cherry trees in early pink bloom and bare branching frame the foreground, where a curved walkway leads visitors across the green and brown National Mall lawn. Low government buildings line the horizon at the base, while the monument's vertical thrust anchors the off-center composition and draws the eye upward to its pointed pyramidion.
Each download includes a royalty-free license for personal and commercial use.
We shot this photo, and we build websites too: custom small business sites from $75/month, $0 down, live in a week.
More like this
1 credit
Gateway Arch National Park Arch Frame Cityscape
St. Louis, Missouri
1 credit
Pepperell Mills Saco Bridge and Mill Aerial Scene
Saco, Maine
1 credit
Washington DC Tree Lined Pathway Jogger
Washington, District of Columbia
1 credit
Pepperell Mills Saco Riverbend View
Saco, Maine
1 credit
Natural Bridge State Park Underpass Trail
Natural Bridge, Virginia
1 credit
Chiricahua National Monument Sunlit Mountain Trail
Willcox, Arizona
1 credit
Grand Canyon National Park Winding Trail Through Canyon
North Rim, Arizona
1 credit
Saco River Industrial Mill
Saco, Maine
1 credit
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Sanctuary Open Sky over Marsh
South Wellfleet, Massachusetts
1 credit
Sable Falls Forest Trail Pathway Through Trees
Burt Township, Michigan
1 credit
Point of View City River Sunset Landscape
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1 credit
Bay Saint Louis Beach Wooden Pier Over Water
Park St Louis, Mississippi
More from Washington Monument
1 credit
Washington Monument Reflected Across Tidal Basin
Washington, District of Columbia
1 credit
Washington Monument Pastel Dusk Sky
Washington, District of Columbia
1 credit
Washington DC Eisenhower Building Corner Pavilion
Washington, District of Columbia
1 credit
Washington DC Curved Glass Office Facade
Washington, District of Columbia
1 credit
Washington DC Cracked Tree Stump Texture
Washington, District of Columbia
1 credit
Lincoln Memorial Earthen Pattern
District of Columbia
1 credit
Lincoln Memorial Four Score Writing
District of Columbia
1 credit
Lincoln Memorial Verdant Texture
District of Columbia
1 credit
Lincoln Memorial Architectural Pillar
District of Columbia
1 credit
National Mall Dome Of Jefferson Memorial
District of Columbia
1 credit
Lincoln Memorial Face Close Up
District of Columbia
1 credit
National Mall Palm Frond Silhouette
District of Columbia
From the library
1 credit
Hueco Tanks Rugged Rock Formations
El Paso, Texas
1 credit
Battery Alexander Knoll Coastal Ocean Overlook
Sausalito, California
1 credit
National Mall Red Tulips and Buds
District of Columbia
1 credit
Saco Sparrow on Weathered Wooden Fence
Saco, Maine
1 credit
Gooseberry Falls Waterfall Cascading Down Rocks
Two Harbors, Minnesota
1 credit
Saco Heath Preserve Colorful Boardwalk
Saco, Maine
1 credit
Wells Beach Breakwater View of Calm Waters
Wells, Maine
1 credit
Sisters Rock State Park Path to the Sea
Port Orford, Oregon
1 credit
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Western Honey Bee on Rose Blossom
Henrico, Virginia
1 credit
Yaquina Head Iconic Lighthouse Portrait
Newport, Oregon
1 credit
Smith Rock State Park Climber’s Ascent
Terrebonne, Oregon
1 credit
Warren Dunes State Park Sandy Shoreline and Waves
Sawyer, Michigan