Sunday’s sunrise
Nature’s art, 7:42 am Sunday, November 22, 2015
No words needed.
November 23, 2015 in Nature, Photoworks by Marja-Leena
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“Red sky in the morning, … shepherds’ warning”
Oh yes, and there is this variation: “Red sky at morning, sailors’ warning”
A first for me, this autumn-colored sunrise.
Oh, then I’m glad to have shared it, Ellena! The sky was very red before it appeared, then became a bit more golden. The online compression has reduced the red but I left it without correction.
It’s pretty stunning display of Nature’s palette, Marja-Leena. West coast sunrises seemed to be unique in the sheer numbers of hues that can appear in the sky all at once. I have a collection of photographs I captured of sunrises over Mt. Hood. There were a number of mornings when I hated to leave the camera in order to prepare for work.
Nature’s palette indeed, which has inspired many artists. You make an interesting observation, Susan, about west coast sunrises that I was not aware of. I wonder if it has anything to do with the proximity to the sea and the consequent moisture in the atmosphere. I do recall some wonderful colours up north and on the prairies but do not have the photo collection that you do.
Those intense oranges seem to be a feature of Northwest sunsets. We face east, so for us the color displays are at sunrise.
Hattie, we face east too but this time of year, the sun rises from behind the mountain at more southeast instead of northeast as it is in summer. We do see some of the western sunset though not completely because of the slope. That is what I miss, just a bit, of the prairies… that wide open sky with no mountains to cut off the light.
Yes. When we lived in Portland I felt like we were down in a hole, because I never could see a sunset complete.
The first one has an odd, near-reflection sort of look…. Recent travels made me see a step-pyramid in the second one before it turned into a mountain!
Marly, that odd reflection is off the water – isn’t it amazing?! Interesting what you momentarily saw in the second one. That is the distant peak of Mount Baker in Washington State.
Most spectacular, and well captured.
Thanks, Lucy!