The moment Obama learned he'd won four more years: White House releases picture of President taking Romney's concession call

This photograph shows the moment that President Obama learned he had won re-election against his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Taking the call perched on a chair at the Fairmont Millennium Park Hotel in Chicago, the president was apparently wished well by his defeated opponent.
The historic image was captured by the Obama administration's photographer Pete Souza and was posted onto the official White House Flickr account for all to see.

Interpreting Obama's standing rather than sitting position, the experts have noted the two candidates frosty relationship and that the president is not sitting down to talk to his rival.
More obviously the president's fingers are pressed to one of his ears, which may suggest that the room in the hotel is very noisy and that his re-election team have erupted in rapture.
Immediately after the telephone call, Mitt Romney began preparing his concession speech, having admitted beforehand that he did not have one ready expecting to win.
In his concession speech, Romney said that on the call with the president, he wished Obama well, along with his family and staff.