Category: sunrise

Brushstrokes in the Fog

by Earthwatcher, posted in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Georgia, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, river, sunrise
The picture is of a river with part of its far side bank. The river is covered by light fog. There are rays of sunlight filtering in through openings in trees along the far bank. The sunlight highlights portions of the fog creating shafts of light that illuminate and reflect from the river.
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; July 2025

Contrasting Forests

by Earthwatcher, posted in California, desert, Earthwatcher, Eastern Sierra, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, North Carolina, Photography, Smoky Mountains, sunrise
Sunrise at The Great Smokeys
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA; OCT 2022

I thought it would be fun to contrast an Eastern USA deciduous forest with a Westen USA desert forest, both at sunrise.

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Sun Breaking Over a Joshua Tree Forest
Death Valley-Big Pine Rd, Big Pine, California, USA; APR 2023
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina, USA; OCT 2022
Joshua Trees with Prickly Pear and Cholla; Death Valley-Big Pine Rd, Big Pine, California, USA; APR 2023



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Sunrise Over a Foggy Valley

by Earthwatcher, posted in Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, photography for sale, sunrise, Uncategorized, Washington
Sunrise Over Foggy Valley – Perspective 1
Rattlesnake Edge Trail Overlook, North Bend Area, Snoqualmie Region, Seattle, Washington, USA; NOV 2023

I was visiting my family in the Seattle area. One day we got up early and went to a spot with great views of mountains and a valley. The only issue was that we were in the valley and had to hike 2 miles up the mountain in order to get to the overlook.

The Rattlesnake Edge Trail is a trail cut into the side of a steep mountain lying in its angle of repose. The elevation gain over the 2 miles is 1160 feet. I’m not ashamed to say that it was a tough climb for me, but I made it. We got there about 10 minutes before sunrise.

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Sunrise Over Foggy Valley – Perspective 2
Rattlesnake Edge Trail Overlook, North Bend Area, Snoqualmie Region, Seattle, Washington, USA; NOV 2023
Sunrise Over Foggy Valley, Perspective 3
Rattlesnake Edge Trail Overlook, North Bend Area, Snoqualmie Region, Seattle, Washington, USA; NOV 2023

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The Forest at Sunrise

by Earthwatcher, posted in Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, sunrise, tree
A Path Through the Really Big Trees;
Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Arnold, California, USA; OCT 2020

To me, forests are magical. There are few places I’d rather be than hiking in a forest as the sunrises as the golden sunlight penetrates breaks in the canopy causing dappled sunlight to highlight various vignettes. As often as I may have hiked a trail, the time of day and the angle of the sun reveals things I’ve never seen.

A Vignette of Light.
Big Trees Forest Preserve, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; JUN 2022
Among the Elders
Sequoia National Park, California, USA; OCT 2014
Autumn Sunrise at Twin Lakes;
Twin Lakes, Bridgeport, California, USA; OCT 2017
Autumn Wildflowers;
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA; OCT 2022

Early Morning Among the Redwoods;
Jedediah Smith State Redwoods Park, California, USA; JAN 2013
Peaceful Early Morning.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA; APR 2022
Sunrise in the Forest;
Sieur de Monts, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021

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Some of my Most Memorable Sunrises

by Earthwatcher, posted in Alabama Hills, Badlands National Park, California, Death Valley, Earthwatcher, Eastern Sierra, Fujifilm Cameras, Georgia, Grand Canyon, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, sunrise, Uncategorized, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park

This is a slow time for me and my photography. So, I thought I’d share some sunrises. As you look at these, please pay attention to the captions. Some of the tell a story about the place and the circumstance.

More to come!

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Primera Lúz; First light over Yosemite
Yosemite National Park, California, USA; July 2014

Tunnel View is an iconic view at Yosemite. I visited it many times. I Often mused that a photo with the sun peeking from behind Half Dome. I planned this shot for 2 years until I was finally able to be there at the right time and it was all that I expected.

Wondrous Morning;
Zabriske Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA; OCT 2015.

Zabriske point is the go-to place for a sunrise at Death Valley. On a typical day, the sun rises over your shoulder, casting an alpenglow over the mountains on the far side of the valley. If you are lucky, there will be a few clouds over the far mountains, and you can watch the sky turn from orange and magenta to gold. On the day we visited, the thick cloud cover from the previous day’s storm was breaking up. We got the beautiful color we had hoped for. But, in addition, we got a marvelous rainbow. It was an unforgettable moment.

Sunrise at Driftwood Beach;
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; JUL 2023

Some days you just get lucky. We were having a family vacation to St Simons Island, Georgia, USA. I didn’t really plan to do any photography but took my equipment anyway. While there, I saw that the sun would be rising at a great spot. So, my wife and I got up well before sunrise and before anyone else woke up, went to this spot and it was wonderful.

Badlands at Sunrise;
Yellow Mounds Area, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA; JUL 2021

The Badlands are an interesting place to visit anytime of the day but at sunrise and sunset the colors pop. The dry valleys cut from the highly eroded plateau are beautiful. Most of the valleys are drab and dusty. While scouting for places to shoot, I spotted this unique little valley with its creek and green floor. My research showed that the sun would be rising from a good position. We watched the beautiful sunrise paint the sides of the valley.

The Beam, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA; FEB 2013

This “rainbow” can only be seen at sunrise in February at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. I was on a photography workshop, camping in Yellowstone. It was a wonderful experience to be with a small group of like-minded people enjoying this rare opportunity.

First Light on the Sierra
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA; APR 2021

The Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California are a wonderful place to visit. It is a field of immense boulders that sit in front of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It’s a place with many arches, boulders and trails. It becomes a place of wonder when the sun rises over the White-Inyo mountains to the east and paints the Sierras with it orange-red alpen glow. My spirit feels at home there.

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Sunrise at Driftwood Beach

by Earthwatcher, posted in Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Georgia, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Seascape, sunrise, Uncategorized
Picture of three standing, dead trees on Driftwood Beach at sunrise. The tide is rising so the trees are standing in water at the edge of the beach. The trees are silhouetted. The sky is blue gray at the top and becomes orange as it approaches the horizon. The upper part of the sky contains whisps of white clouds. The ocean is gray with a strong yellow stripe of reflected sun to the right of the largest tree. The beach has hues of light orange along the water’s edge from reflected sky. The left 2/3 of the beach is gray. The right is more golden from reflected sunlight. The sun is the watery yellow circle to the right of the largest tree just below its lowest branch on that side.
Sunrise at Driftwood Beach – Perspective 01;
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; JUL 2023

Driftwood Beach is small beach on the Atlantic Ocean, at the north end of Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA. The beach is adorned with both standing and fallen dead trees; trees that were unable to survive in the salt water and tides. I was fortunate to be able to visit and photograph during a beautiful, clear sunrise.

By the way, there is no driftwood at Driftwood Beach, just beautiful, sculptural dead trees.

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Picture of the sun, low on the horizon, silhouetting dead trees and brush of Driftwood Beach, while illuminating the ocean and the sky. The sky in the background is orange-gray at the top but turns orange then magenta then to gray as it flows down the picture. The sun is a yellow circle left of the middle of the picture. The foreground is the light tan sand of the beach. There are several sets of slatted fences on the beach progressing from the lower right of the frame to the left rear of the beach. There is a standing and a fallen tree near the rear of the beach on the right. There is some grass with feathery fronds at the top at the rear of the beach on the left. The beach is strewn with green marsh grass.
Sunrise at Driftwood Beach – Perspective 02;
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; JUL 2023
Picture of the sun, mid-level on the horizon, silhouetting dead trees and brush of Driftwood Beach, while illuminating the ocean and the sky. The sky in the background is golden gray at the top that turns more gold as it flows to the bottom. The sun is a watery yellow circle left of the middle, near the top, of the picture. The foreground is the light tan sand of the beach. The ocean is gray with a strong golden reflection down the middle. Rocks separate the beach from the ocean. The beach in the foreground is golden in the middle of the picture from a strong reflection from the sun. The beach fades to light tan on both sides. A fallen tree is prominent in the foreground on the beach.
Sunrise at Driftwood Beach – Perspective 03;
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; JUL 2023
Picture of the sun, low on the horizon is silhouetting dead trees and brush of Driftwood Beach, while illuminating the ocean and the sky. The sky in the background is orange gray at the top but turns orange and magenta surrounding the sun. The sun is a yellow circle shining between branches of the tree and brush. left of the middle of the picture. The foreground is the light-colored sand of the beach. The ocean behind the beach is gray with a strip of orange reflection of the sun. The trees and brush are dark, almost silhouetted. There are patches of green marsh grass across the beach.
Sunrise at Driftwood Beach – Perspective 04;
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; JUL 2023
Sunrise at Driftwood Beach – Perspective 05;
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA; JUL 2023

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Happy New Years

by Earthwatcher, posted in California, Earthwatcher, Eastern Sierra, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, New Years, Photography, sunrise
Image of the snow capped Sierra Nevada mountains bathed in the orange-red of the alpen glow, Picture taken from the crest of the White-Inyo Mountains.
Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California, USA; OCT 2012

I hope that 2023 looks as bright and promising as a morning sunrise.

Scottsbluff National Monument

by Earthwatcher, posted in Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, sunrise, Uncategorized
Image of Scottsbluff, a flat top butte, with the North Platte River in the foreground taken at sunrise. The clouds and their reflection in the river carry the magenta color of early sunrise.
Scotts Bluff from North Platte River
Scottsbluff National Monument, Nebraska, USA; JUL 2021

Scottsbluff National Monument is a small butte, with a small surrounding grassland, in Gering, Nebraska; next door to the town of Scottsbluff. The monument is one of many buttes in a broad valley. The valley eroded away leaving the buttes standing. The North Platte River runs through the valley and next to the monument.

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A view of a rock outcrop in the foreground with a broad valley and butte in the background.
Untitled;
Wildcat State Recreation Area, Gering, Nebraska, USA; JUL 2021
A butte lit by the orange glow of sunrise with an agricultural field complete with an irrigation sprinkler and hay bales in the foreground.
Farmland Ringed by a Butte;
Gerring, Nebraska, USA; JUL 2021

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Sieur de Monts

by Earthwatcher, posted in Acadia National Park, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, landscape, sunrise, tree, Uncategorized
Scene from a forest with the sun highlighting a path through the forest as well as some ferns.
Sunrise in the Forest; Sieur de Monts
Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021

Sieur de Monts was a wonderful, unexpected part of Acadia National Park in Maine. There is botanical garden and a lovely forest with trails. We walked the trails a little while after sunrise; after the sun had some time to filter and highlight parts of the forest. It was quiet and peaceful as a forest should be.

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A stand of birch tree trunks highlighted by sunlight.
Sunrise in the Forest; Sieur de Monts
Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Sun highlighting a very sculptural tree root lying vertically.
Natural Sculpture, Sieur de Monts,
Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Birch tree trunks, one with a large fungus attached, as well as some ferns.
Fungus as Decoration
Sieur de Monts, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Sun highlighting birch trees with their white bark contrasted by green and red leaves.
Early Morning Sun Filtering Through the Forest
Sieur de Monts, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Early morning sun focusing on a birch tree that is shedding and re-growing bark.
Birch Shedding and Regrowing Bark
Sieur de Monts, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
A large, orb style, spider web, highlighted by the sun and attached to a birch tree trunk.
Spider Orb Web on a Birch Tree
Sieur de Monts, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021

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Acadia National Park

by Earthwatcher, posted in Acadia National Park, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, Maine, Nature Photography, Photography, Seascape, sunrise, sunset, Uncategorized
Photograph of a sunrise, with fog, at a tree lined, rocky cliff over the Atlantic Ocean at Acadia National Park, Maine, USA
Sunrise on the Atlantic
Park Loop Road, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021

We recently visited Acadia National Park. Overall, I liked the park, but the area had more of the feel of a beach resort than a national park. It is served by Bar Harbor ME, a typical tourist resort town.

The Park Loop Road is a beautiful ride but much of the coastline is obscured by forest. There are several trails and if I ever go again, I need to explore those because I think I missed some scenic views. The weather wasn’t cooperative.

Cadillac Mountain is the go-to place for sunrise; the first place where the sun shines on the United States in the morning. I didn’t prepare well enough. I learned, several weeks ahead of time that reservations are required for any time of day to drive onto Cadillac Mountain. For sunrise, they open 20% of the 3:30AM slots several weeks ahead then open the remaining slots 48 hours in advance. I had a reservation in my sights but didn’t press pay fast enough so I lost it. I took all of 15 seconds but was too slow. I settled for sunset. It was quite nice but not spectacular, again the overcast skies. I did my sunrise on the Park Loop road.

Acadia has 4 units, Northeast which contains the Park Loop Road and Cadillac Mountain, the Southwest Unit which contains the lighthouse, Schoodic Peninsula which provides a drive along the coastline and Isle Au Haute which is available by ferry. Our trip was a good survey trip. We allowed 2 ½ days which wasn’t enough.

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Photograph of sunrise over Jordan Pond at Acadia National Park. Includes pond, forest, and rocks.
Golden Hour at Jordan Pond
Jordon Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Photograph of an American Bullfrog perched on a pink granite boulder.
American Bullfrog on Pink Granite
Jordon Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Photograph of a sunset over an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean. Includes storm clouds glowing orange from the setting sun and reflected in the water. From Acadia National Park, Maine, USA.
Sunset from Cadillac Mountain
Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park; JUL 2021
Photograph of a foggy sunrise over a pond, meadow forest, and hillside. From Acadia National Park.
A Pond in the Early Morning
Park Loop Road, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA; JUL 2021
Photograph of a sunset over an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean. Includes storm clouds glowing orange from the setting sun and reflected in the water. From Acadia National Park, Maine, USA.
Sunset from Cadillac Mountain
Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park; JUL 2021

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