I gave you some unretouched photos earlier today — here — but let me give you a few more. These are modestly tweaked in Apple's Photos — basically just moving the "Light" slider a bit to the left. The lake has been melting and cracking up, and wind/waves are driving shards of ice to pile up on the shore.
This is 7:02, the earliest shot, which makes me wish I'd gotten out 10 minutes earlier.
What a broiler!
This was the scene at 7:04, with the shoreline ice looking cobalt blue.
7:05, framed without the shoreline ice:
Here's the panorama:
This photo is quite a bit later — 7:27 — and in a different location. Beautiful color that I'd count as above average, but drastically faded from 20 minutes earlier. In this spot, the ice was piled much higher. The wall between me and the lake must have been 10 feet high:
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Great shots!
Beautiful. A glowing lake and sky. Nature keeps on keeping on.
Tranquil and a bit surreal. Excellent color and composition. Awesome.
The most memorable, fantastic events in the natural world happen in a blink of an eye, then gone. Often times followed by the thought "Did I just see that?". Yes, you did. You'll never forget it, you can't exactly describe it, and no one would believe you if you could.
Absolutely beautiful, almost sublime. This is one reason to come to this site, I don't have to roll out the sack at 0500 to view the sunrise - been there done that.
Agreed. Gorgeous ... so glad you captured it and enjoyed it.
You should enlarge and place on canvas. Costco does it.
Tho - there are probably better avenues...
It's downright breathtaking.
The Spring DST change is the hardest for me to adjust to. Thought it was just when I commuted to work, but still true in retirement.
My sister got 26 inches of snow yesterday.
It was sunny here and my windows were open.
Watch the ice get blown ashore and smother a house in Minnesota
https://youtu.be/u1Thn1Slko8
Talking about nice views -- the Money Honey is back co-hosting Martha's time slot.
You could submit to one of the weather channels. Or you and Kevin Drum could do a photobook.
I'd like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for this award.
Seriously. I feel like we're witnessing a key moment for a generation. I was there when Althouse shot her best photo evah. I mean...those are some seriously amazing natural colors. I haven't seen colors like that since my high school prom tuxedo. Truly beautiful.
That's the thing about the natural world around us. There is so much to see in all directions, every day, in every place. Just...be aware. Observe. See. Its the best show in town.
The planets, the sun and the earth all aligned and you were there!
Very cool.
Tank was up before the sun today. Thought about running down to the beach to catch the sunrise. Nah.
Nice!
Exceptional.
Yes, truly the best!
"Watch the ice get blown ashore and smother a house in Minnesota"
He just needs a giant hairdryer.
Progressives would say you're taking credit for someone's sunset.
But was it her best #1? Or whatever number she gives?
The best sunrises, like the best music, are experienced awake, aware, and attuned--these will inspire me to get up and grok the dawn sometime soon.
I'm starting to irritate my wife a little--a lot of her SM cronies are or fancy themselves to be photographers, and after being treated to some of their work I've now got better stuff to show off.
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But who's counting?
When my 10 year old daughter came downstairs this morning, she asked me to take a photo of the sunrise. She must have seen it from her bedroom window, and thought it was particularly beautiful. Althouse's photos turned out much, much better than mine! I'll show them to my daughter.
Those are wonderful, thank you.
The photo my daughter asked me to take was taken at 7:01am. A minute before your first one! You can match up parts of the clouds between or pictures! Mine was taken from the far west side of town, so the perspective is different.
https://ibb.co/QnPyjFz
During the second impeachment some of us criticized the use of news reports and anonymous sources over actual testimony. Now we learn the WaPo and the rest lied about the call with Georgia offi. A lie presented by the house managers, and a lie used to influence the Georgia election runoffs. And nothing will be done, no consequences.
Brown Dog: “we are a clown country with no virtue”
Our daffodils are up around 7 inches in Central PA. No snow left over here unless you have a southern exposure. Really looking forward to the next weeks, post Easter, for planning our garden. I knw where the tomatoes go, but we had our back yard cleared out, so might plant a bunch of rose bushes. We've about 30 yards of open space along a fence line, so some red, yellow, and pink? My wife is indiffe,rent and has a black thumb, and I'm basically colour blind, and the artistic child is in Philadelphia, as opposed to the musical child who is 5 minutes away in Lemoyne!
Beautiful photos Ann! Thanks for posting.
Ken B said...During the second impeachment some of us criticized the use of news reports and anonymous sources over actual testimony. Now we learn the WaPo and the rest lied about the call with Georgia offi. A lie presented by the house managers, and a lie used to influence the Georgia election runoffs. And nothing will be done, no consequences.
The consequences will be that it is done again because it worked.
i also love the sky. particularly the daytime sky. explaining this ~connection to others is difficult. but i do know the professor is one of us.
Have come to be very attached to the sunrise pictures and look forward to them every day. Always interested in the exact times. Today was
a revelation, don't know if I have
ever seen such a sunrise. Thank you.
Wonderful photos.
"What a broiler!"
I would go with apocalyptical. Stunning. Thanks for stepping out!
Fantastic!
mmm big snow cones.
The head of my bed is against a old, drafty east facing window. I put my coffee in a thermal mug and set it on the window sill, feed the fire, get back in bed, watch the sunrise and read Althouse. Rarely do I see such a spectacular show. Great way to start the day.
Brilliant!
That first photo is absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic in the best, truest sense of the word.
We used to spend our summer vacations on Anna Maria Island, about an hour south of Tampa. Watching the sun set on the beach was a pretty regular ritual, and twilight remains my favorite time of day.
My father was a bit of an amateur photographer, and he closed in part of our garage to use as a darkroom. I remember it had a weird entrance that made it seem like a secret passage. From the red safelight to the smell of the stop bath to the clicking of a huge electro-mechanical timer, it was semi-hypnotic.
Prof. A, those are some terrific photographs! Yes, I know, you had God's help with the scene-setting, but in the days when I did real (amateur) photography I learned how hard it is to capture the light.
You also reminded me: In 1963, there was a total eclipse of the Sun in northern New England. There had been a total eclipse two or three years earlier that I had traveled to see, but it was clouded out. But in 1963 I was high up on Mt. Desert (you MUST pronounce it as "dessert"), ME, with my telescope and the appropriate viewing paraphenalia. The photos I took are unimpressive. But what I remember almost 58 years later is looking west and seeing the shadow -- the Moon's shadow -- racing across the forests at 1,000 miles per hour. And when the shadow reached us, twilight settled onto the top of Mt. Desert. For a few minutes. I can play that movie in my head any time. Thanks for giving me the chance to do so tonight.
Fantastic shots!
j Farmer - just returned from Anna Maria - still gorgeous sunsets. I love that place :))
Spectacular. Thank you for these.
That series is one of three good things to happen to me today, and really the most satisfying.
The others were, 1) roof and chimney repair begun and completed today, and 2) an important piece of mail I sent across town, first class, ten days ago arrived at its destination!
OTOH, and because there's no cafe, I'll bitch about the new county property tax assessment, which has increased by about 30%.
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Sweet dreams y'all
Excellent work, Professor! Shot on iPhone?
Godfather,
I remember you telling that story here in the threads on the occasion of the August 17, 2017 eclipse I got to see in totality from my sister's house in Lenoir City, TN. We had no elevation, so couldn't see the shadow's approach. I pointed out at the time, I think, that the 1963 eclipse and the 2017 eclipse are part of the same Saros series- 145. The other eclipse you mentioned in the comment above is probably the one from October 2nd 1959 whose western tail was in Boston- that was Saros series 143.
I remind people that there is another, longer total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024, that cuts right up through the center of the US from Texas to Lake Erie and then up through NY, VT, NH, and ME. It will be about 4 minutes in duration for most of that path. That will be the last one visible from the lower 48 until 2044 when you can see on in Montana and North Dakota. There is then another more significant total solar eclipse in August 2045 that follows a path very similar to the one from 2017, just a bit further south. That one will be over 6 minutes in duration for a good part of the US path. I hope to travel to see all three. I should easily make the first one in 2024, but the latter two I will be lucky to live to see.
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Farmer - just returned from Anna Maria - still gorgeous sunsets. I love that place :))
My family owned this small three-unit condo on Holmes Beach that had a 1-bedroom unit and two 2-bedroom units. They each had separate screened porches in the front, and in the back they opened to a common pool area and small BBQ. Very Old Florida in its style and décor. It was a vacation rental, and each unit was rented separately. But for 4 weeks in the summer, they were blocked out and we had full run of the place. Other family or friends would often come and utilize the vacant units to stay for a weekend or the entire week.
Back then, Anna Maria Island was somewhat of a refuge from tourists. It was always a blast and provided a lifetime worth of memories, especially when my sisters and I all got to be teenagers. Like so much of old Florida, it was eventually razed.
August 17, 2017 eclipse
We had a partial here in D.C. I seem to remember it was about 3/4, but it might have been more or less.
The one in 2014 will be a bit more than four minutes. And by a bit more, I mean a LOT more. And by a LOT more, I mean a LOT more. As in, The End. Fine. And by fine, I don't mean OK, I mean The End. Fin. Das Ende. Dead Parrot.
Notlob.
"each had separate screened porches"
LANAI! It's called a Lanai! ;)
It's called a Lanai!
When the night is sultry, it's a veranda.
It's called a Lanai!
When the night is sultry, it's a veranda.
And if it's South of the Border, it's a carmen veranda.
"And if it's South of the Border, it's a carmen veranda."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7DUmQmHiXE
@Rt41Rebel:
"each had separate screened porches"
LANAI! It's called a Lanai! ;)
Ha. Not these. These were porches with screened doors. Just a space to deposit wet or sandy items. No furniture. To me, a lanai is a screened patio. I am never entirely sure when a patio becomes a verandah or if a terrace is a kind of patio. Or verandah. I know the difference between a solarium and a sunroom, but I am not sure if a sunroom is the same as a "Florida room."
Several butchers aprons.
These are spectacular and agree they are the best. Do you plan to continue or quit now that you have documented the best? Years ago a customer friend that I golfed with announced he had quit the game, played his last round. He was a low handicap amateur that loved the game. Turns out he had played a round at par over the weekend at a good, tough course. Said that having accomplished this any future round would be a disappointment. So he quit. I stayed in touch with him for several years after and to my knowledge he didn't play again.
In college, we’d climb around the sea wall to the Ringling Museum and sit on the mansion’s pink marble dock to watch sunsets. There was an understanding that if we didn’t vandalize or set off the window alarms, it was OK. Dolphins would swim up. The sky was purple and pink, and the stained glass mansion glowed, and the rose maze nearby practically breathed roses. One night I heard a tourist on the dock below. He kept muttering happily, in awe, “This is my house. This is MY house.”
But nothing like that ice.
It is the best feeling to get that shot. Congrats and thanks for posting. National Geographic might also be interested. hmm. Stay safe there. And be well. Liebe Grüße.
Headline in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review this morning: "Partisan Pa. websites masquerading as local news threaten trust in journalism, new report finds"
If there was ever an laugh out loud headline, this would be it.
https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/partisan-pa-websites-masquerading-as-local-news-threaten-trust-in-journalism-new-report-finds/
Ann, thank you so so much for posting additional sunrise pics! These are completely amazing!
I am in Chicago and I called my wife to look at the sunrise here too. All the houses near us were glowing pink, which we never see, and the sky was a fiery orange.
I sent the pics to my youngest, who will be doing the Ironman there this year almost 6 months from today and she loved them too...
Thank you! And not just for today but for all 19 months! I have enjoyed them all... but especially this one! I hope you get that framed!
Stunning!!
#1 looks like a Bradbury paperback cover. Once in a lifetime accomplishment there!
Those are spectacular. While your photography is normally quite good, these are a whole different level. I think the first one needs to be printed, matted, and hung somewhere. Maybe make prints and sell for a charity. It is truly a work of art.
It's the next day, so I guess you survived the Apocalypse.
P.S. Did the Norwegians bring the Edvard Munch weather and angst with them to the Midwest?
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