Cleopatra's Needle features ancient hieroglyphics and striking sunlight effects.
A zoomed-in shot of Cleopatra's needle shows a gray stone obelisk covered with hieroglyphs. The frame shows three zoomed-in columns of the hieroglyphs: in the center is a sideways bird hieroglyph; to the right is a bottom half circle with lines above. To the left are curved lines from a faded hieroglyph; below the bird are two horizontal lines; above is a half circle with more lines; there are round hieroglyphs on the upper right side and an eye shape carved on the upper left. Both bottom corners of the obelisk show a lower half-circle. On each side of the frame, there is a clear blue sky. The sun cast a light on the obelisk, making shadows appear on the left sides of the hieroglyphs.