Seattle Columbia Center Sky View Observatory Photography

For many years I was the social media photographer for Sky View Observatory at the Columbia Center, with unique 24/7 access to the 73rd floor and its extraordinary view over Seattle. That access let me photograph the city in conditions most visitors never see—before sunrise, late at night, during storms, fog, snow, dramatic sunsets, and those rare mornings when clouds moved through the streets below. From this height, Seattle becomes an entirely different landscape, stretching from Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains to Mount Rainier, Lake Washington, the Space Needle, and the city grid far below. This collection brings together some of my favorite photographs from years of returning to that view in constantly changing light and weather. To order a print please email me at Mike Reid Photography #skyviewobservatory

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Downtown Seattle in Morning Fog from Columbia Center Low morning fog drifts through downtown Seattle, wrapping around skyscrapers while illuminated streets glow beneath the clouds. Photographed from the Columbia...
Downtown Seattle in Morning Fog from Columbia Center
Seattle Urban Dreamscape in Fog from Columbia Center A dreamlike nighttime view over downtown Seattle as fog rolls in from Elliott Bay and curls between the city towers. Photographed from the Columbia Center Sky...
Seattle Urban Dreamscape in Fog from Columbia Center
Seattle City Lights Emerging Through Night Fog Fog drifts between the towers of downtown Seattle as city lights glow through the mist, photographed from the Sky View Observatory at Columbia Center. The Space...
Seattle City Lights Emerging Through Night Fog
Seattle Fog Rolling Through the City at Night Low fog pours into downtown Seattle at night, wrapping the waterfront and lower city while the Space Needle rises above the cloud layer. Photographed from the...
Seattle Fog Rolling Through the City at Night
Seattle Fogscape with the Space Needle in Seahawks Colors Low fog drifts through downtown Seattle at blue hour as the Space Needle glows in green, echoing Seahawks colors above the mist. Photographed from the Sky View...
Seattle Fogscape with the Space Needle in Seahawks Colors
Space Needle Above the Fog in Seahawks Colors The Space Needle rises above a dense layer of fog at night, illuminated in Seattle Seahawks blue and green. A narrow beam of light reaches into the dark sky...
Space Needle Above the Fog in Seahawks Colors
Space Needle in Fog at Night from Columbia Center Seattle’s Space Needle rises through low nighttime fog, its illuminated top glowing above the city lights below. Photographed from the Columbia Center Sky View...
Space Needle in Fog at Night from Columbia Center
Space Needle Rising Above Seattle Fog The Space Needle rises above a dense layer of morning fog covering Seattle, with only a few towers and antennas breaking through the clouds. Photographed from...
Space Needle Rising Above Seattle Fog
Space Needle and Downtown Seattle Above the Morning Fog Warm sunrise light settles over Seattle as dense morning fog fills the city, leaving the Space Needle and the tops of downtown buildings floating above the...
Space Needle and Downtown Seattle Above the Morning Fog
Space Needle Emerging Through Seattle Fog The Space Needle emerges almost alone from a dense layer of morning fog, with only the upper structure visible above the clouds. Photographed from Seattle’s Sky...
Space Needle Emerging Through Seattle Fog