Althouse: Me, at the secondary vantage point, at 6:53 a.m.

November 26, 2021

Me, at the secondary vantage point, at 6:53 a.m.

What I saw:

Temperature: 17°.

16 comments:

JMW Turner said...: Your color sense is quite painterly. Luscious.; 11/26/21, 8:25 AM
Ann Althouse said...: LOL.

What's unusual about this sunrise is the line of white.; 11/26/21, 8:30 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Looks really cold. Temperatures here in Pugetopolis are in the 40s going up to the low 50s.

Pugetopolis is getting another atmospheric river today with more to come next week. The Snoqualmie river is at flood phase 1, not far below phase 2 and heading towards phase 3. In phase 3, the fields of the farms around Fall City are flooded and the Tolt Hill Rd bridge across the Snoqualmie River is closed.; 11/26/21, 8:31 AM
Big Mike said...: Wow!; 11/26/21, 8:40 AM
Lurker21 said...: Me again, yet again.

Prince: Well, for starters, you have to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Mendota.

Althouse: What?

Prince: You have to purify yourself in Lake Mendota.

[She strips down, and runs towards the lake]

Prince: Hey! Wait a minute! That's...

[She jumps in. She gets out shivering]

Prince: Uh, hold it...

Althouse: What?

Prince: That ain't Lake Mendota.; 11/26/21, 9:04 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: One of your best compositions!; 11/26/21, 9:39 AM
CWJ said...: Just a quick aside about making a big deal about "crossing state lines." I got a chuckle every time it came up as a point of outrage surrounding the Kyle Rittenhouse case. If you live in greater Kansas City, as do I, it's nearly impossible to live a normal life without crossing state lines on a regular basis. We even have a nice straight miles-long residential city street in the heart of the metro with MO on one side and KS on the other.

Without federal charges filed, it seemed a silly point of emphasis on which to hang your narrative.; 11/26/21, 10:01 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: "The second vantage point."

Where people in line to succeed the president are taken in times of national crisis to ensure government continuity.

Althouse is, apparently, somewhere in the top 100,000 to succeed the president.; 11/26/21, 10:05 AM
Big Mike said...: Without federal charges filed, it seemed a silly point of emphasis on which to hang your narrative.

@CWJ, please don’t give that effing Merrick Garland any ideas.; 11/26/21, 10:58 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Mike of Snoqualmie said...

The Snoqualmie river is at flood phase 1...

How is the stream in your future back yard looking?; 11/26/21, 12:28 PM
Leora said...: The picture of what you saw is awesome.; 11/26/21, 12:54 PM
ALP said...: I am not keen on getting up as early as Ann - had to arise early for work for many years. But damn - I think I'd swallow that resistance for sunrises like this! Recent batch has been spectacular.; 11/26/21, 1:03 PM
Howard said...: The eye of Sauron squashed flat; 11/26/21, 3:55 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "I am not keen on getting up as early as Ann - had to arise early for work for many years. But damn - I think I'd swallow that resistance for sunrises like this! Recent batch has been spectacular."

This one is in the top 5%. You have to go out consistently to be able to see the really great ones.

But many mornings the sky is completely clouded or completely clear. This morning the cloud cover was reported to be 50%, so one trick is to get out there when the percent is in the middle.

This time of year you don't need to get up early, as long as you're already an early riser. The difficult time is in the summer. I have to set an alarm when the sunrise is close to 5 a.m. (daylight time). It's 3 hours later than that at this time of year. I love getting up a couple hours before sunrise, getting some coffee and toast and blogging in the dark, then going out for the sunrise run.; 11/26/21, 5:56 PM
Old and slow said...: I never comment on your photos, but good lord! They are really something else today. I want to live in Madison. Or perhaps I should just appreciate my northern Arizona sunrises and sunsets. They can be quite spectacular.; 11/26/21, 6:04 PM
Narr said...: I'm often tempted by the Prof's photos to start rising earlier.

Then she explains her approach (as at 556PM) and I recall that I'm not a morning person.; 11/26/21, 6:05 PM