Jan 14
This week I find myself traveling across the country with my father-in-law or at least across most of the country. We started in Detroit MI and will end up in San Jose. Continuing our trip this morning from southern Wyoming under dark skies, I watched as the day's sunrise developed into what you see above. I've photographed enough sunrises and (more often) sunsets over the years to know that they offer a very short window of time in which their show is at its peak. At what I hoped was just the right moment, we paused our travels so I could get out and capture some photos of Mother Nature's spectacular morning show. The show was no disappointment! The morning light shimmered and seemed to glow from within the clouds it illuminated. Every few minutes the skies canvas would completely change. After taking a few photos I looked around and found an unexpected bonus. It was when I looked away from the rising sun that another show presented itself. I don't know why I looked there but the sky in the opposite direction was putting on a show of its own.
Shown here, the sky opposite the rising sun presented an amazing display of virtually every color imaginable. I could see a dizzying array of colors from blues and violets to gold, orange, yellow, red and even some greens. It was truly breathtaking and unexpected! It was soft and subtle, a contrast to the sunrise it faced. I only wish my photos could do it justice but they pale from what we saw. Sometimes it pays to look away from the obvious. There may be surprises in store.
This sunrise offered a surprise, if you look away from it...
