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Trains Become Streaming Lightbeams In Aaron Durand’s Long Exposure Photos

They look more magical than a night on the Polar Express.

By day, Aaron Durand is Twitter’s social media manager. He takes candids of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone at the San Francisco HQ. By night, he’s a photographer, and his photo series "Trains In Motion" makes any commute look magical.

Standing right next to the tracks or on a nearby lookout, Durand captures the lights of passing trains using long exposures. The trains are going so fast, they appear as solid red lines rounding a corner or thick sun rays rushing across a bridge. With these ethereal shots, Durand gives a whole new meaning to the term “light rail.”

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See more of Durand's photos over at his Flickr page.

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