Watching the UK Telegraph's live video of the preparations to rescue the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep in the earth for 69 days , I saw the camera pan across the scene, over the family camp, past heavy cranes and sea containers, slowly pulling focus to the immense structure erected over the half-mile-deep rescue shaft.
Families and press alike watch the TV monitors. Helicopters circle low in the approaching dusk; dignitaries disembark. In that arid, desert mountain place, the soil looks dull brown, relieved only by rough bits of scrub.
But there, high on a slope, beneath a Chilean flag, sat an officer astride a white horse. The Telegraph's camera rested on that image for a long moment. I'm glad it did.
3 comments:
That's interesting...I did not see the clip, but interesting the camera person did tarry. What made you glad?
KK
Because I found it somehow perfect that the horse and its rider were standing guard high in the hills overlooking the place from which the miners would be pulled. They conveyed a sense of dignity and watchfulness that seemed so respectful of the vent. I think that's why the cameraman held focus for a second longer.
Thank you,
I knew of the answer...yet you are so eloquent, love to read of you.
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