--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, sunrise on the first day of the government shutdown in Washington, D.C. title: TIME's Photo of the Day: The First Day of the Government Shutdown image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf743d9bbd48490b/6987a780428a9e2104cc9fec/bk-shutdown-20131001-4339.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sunrise on the Shutdown by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 2013 9:48 PM CUT  The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol and the Peace Monument in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013\. Midnight marked the beginning of the first federal government shutdown since 1996. The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol and the Peace Monument in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013\. Midnight marked the beginning of the first federal government shutdown since 1996.Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 2013 9:48 PM CUT  The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol and the Peace Monument in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013\. Midnight marked the beginning of the first federal government shutdown since 1996. Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802809/sunrise-on-the-shutdown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802809/sunrise-on-the-shutdown/"},"headline":"Sunrise on the Shutdown","datePublished":"2013-10-01T21:48:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:40.153Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, sunrise on the first day of the government shutdown in Washington, D.C.","url":"https://time.com/3802809/sunrise-on-the-shutdown/","keywords":["LightBox","Washington D.C.","government shutdown","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf743d9bbd48490b/6987a780428a9e2104cc9fec/bk-shutdown-20131001-4339.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf743d9bbd48490b/6987a780428a9e2104cc9fec/bk-shutdown-20131001-4339.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2013, the first day of a federal government shutdown since 1996.","caption":"The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2013, the first day of a federal government shutdown since 1996.","creditText":"Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802809/sunrise-on-the-shutdown/","name":"Sunrise on the Shutdown"}}]}] ```