50th Street, NYC

for the wall or the round file? thoughts appreciated.

Wonderful idea: steam spewing out out of manhole cover with headlights piercing it as it winds into the sky. You did a great job of capturing this in the split second that you had. Love tyhe texture in the manhole cover and the cement around it.

During my last trip in NYC I saw this strange steam. But where does this steam come from? why? We never see things like that in Paris!

Etienne, I've heard that NYC is the last major city that sells steam as a utility. It gets piped around under most of the island and it escapes through vents and leaks. It really is one of the "signature" qualities that makes NYC so unique. If you're in Paris, you're already spoiled with unique qualities so don't get greedy for ours too ;)

Thanks a lot for your response! One less enigma for me!