Taking Flight

Though I've photographed 'Discovery' once before, today's perfect sky shows the sculpture representing the double helix of DNA to perfection.

I was also pleased to see a distant soaring bird caught in the frame, as if emulating the two figures.

Francis Crick, born in Northampton and American James Watson, were students together at Cambridge University when they unlocked the key of life in 1953. They received a Nobel Prize for their work in 1962.

This 8 metre high steel sculpture 'Discovery' by Lucy Glendinning was installed in Abington Street, Northampton's town centre, to commemorate their work.