Shadow Rays

 

I am not certain what cause those "shadow rays."

Maybe the mountains?  Or the clouds?

I love sunrises and sunsets. The colors can be so vivid!

Taken 21 December 2018.

Evening and Morning

The first photo is an morning shot,

taken near my place of work.

The second is an evening shot,

same day, taken from my backyard.

8 January 2016.

I managed to capture a couple of crows flying across the frame.

I was struck by the pink pillar of cloud.

Skyfire

Sunrise.

Our home star likes to make a grand entrance,

setting the sky on fire every morning.

The clouds do their part

to make it all the more magnificent.

Floating droplets passing the warm glow to each other

across the expansive dome;

reflecting, refracting,

joyfully re-shining,

even rejoicing!

Brilliant light.

Blessed sight.

Sunrise.

Taken in Monterey, CA, USA; January 2017

Monterey Sunrise

It's just water vapor

in the sky

reflecting sunlight

as our side of the earth

turns again toward

our local star;

and stately oaks

greeting the sun's "arrival"

cast in two-dimensional

silhouette

against the lightening

cyclorama

of the morning skyscape.

That's all it is.

But the bruised hues

of this daily performance

are never tiresome.

They are always

beautiful,

breath-taking,

heart-swelling,

peace-inducing.

Taken 10 November 2011, from my front yard.

Kansas City Sunrise

Here is a "video" of a Kansas City sunrise.

This is a series of about thirty (30) still photographs I took in sequence about a minute apart from each other without benefit of a tripod over the period between about 6:50am and 7:15am on 19 October 2010.

Location is on the banks of the pond behind the KC Airport Marriott.

Besides the rising of the sun itself, watch for changes in the ripples on the pond, jet streams in the sky, headlights on the far shore, and (my favorite, unexpected, effect) the approach of dark clouds overhead and their reflections in the pond.

Granted, I could have taken an actual video of the sunrise, but what fun would THAT be?

MUSIC is a track called "Still" recorded by John Wineglass (keyboard) and Rebecca Jackson (violin); the song was written by Reuben Morgan.