From Brave browser's Leo AI:
The Main Reading Room is the largest public reading room in the Library of Congress, located in the center of the Thomas Jefferson Building on the first floor. It is a circular space crowned by a 195-foot-tall copper dome and features eight giant marble columns topped with plaster statues representing aspects of civilization, such as Religion, Commerce, History, Art, Philosophy, Poetry, Law, and Science.
Visitors can view the room via short, 5-minute walkthroughs around the center desk on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and on Thursday evenings from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Unfortunately, we were there when the only way to see it was from a balcony through a window. This made for some unsightly reflections at the top of the dome that Lightroom sort of fixed. It's not ideal, but it sure is better than the original, trust me
Also there is a little distortion since this is a vertical panorama of three photos. However, it does give a sense of the enormity of the room.
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