Ely Cathedral -- Interior

Prime gawking territory inside, as this cathedral encloses a pretty hefty chunk of volume. I came back to the cathedral in mid-December to hear Handel's Messiah, and one could argue that the cathedral was too big for this purpose -- the music sounded a bit distant echoing throughout the cavernous interior. Here, the stained glass was rather well-illuminated in the low noon sun. On a related note, the cathedral also has a small, interesting stained-glass museum explaining the production of stained glass windows and tracing the evolution of the art form.

The south side of the interior: here the sunlight streaming through the (non-stained-glass) windows is captured rather nicely thanks to the leftover incense smoke from a recent service. Seeing these "God rays" streaming across the interior of the cathedral up and down its length was even more impressive in person.

For more information, you can check out Ely On-Line or the Ely Cathedral site.