The Magellan Marker

On my way home last Sunday, I stopped by the Magellan Marker. The great voyager who met his death in Mactan. It was around 9 at night when I decided to stop by the park where the marker stands to make the spot where Ferdinand Magellan unintentionally ended his great voyage in the hands of Lapu-lapu.

As it was deep into the night I had to shoot with long exposure. Behind the park is a pier, a few boats and tiki towers which look like reproductions of watch towers during those days. Below is part of what to expect behind the park. The boat in the background blurred since the water wasn't still. The moon was almost full if not full and it provided a little luminance to the clouds which would otherwise have been invisible.


The marker stood like a tombstone, it was almost eerie to see it againts the moonlit sky. Built in 1866 it is a perfect representation of a moment in history