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...every year around this time we get these tragic sunsets and sunrises. Just epic.
awesome image dogboy
That is fantastic. Wow!
Yeah. And if you could imagine the whole sky like that...
For me, it's all about sunrise/set and mountains. I like things BIG. The grand scale.
And what can say more things at once than the sun? It is the closest, most powerful thing to us. Sunrise here, is sunset there, light in-between, and dark somewhere else, all at the exact same instant... and that 'instant' continuously happens every instant like the second hand of a clock around the earth, with it's shadow creeping ever westward... everything 'true' across the entire spectrum, from light to dark, simultaneously - no where else do you see this so clearly.
Even captured in a 2d image, 649 pixel wide, it so powerful it drops jaws. That just underscores how powerful it really is, imo.
here are some other ones I took on my phone from last year...
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Nice boat! ;)
No 4 a particularly good photo.
I think the secret to the weirdness is the sun is reflecting off the ocean, back up at the clouds in those glowing ones...
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For me, it's all about sunrise/set and mountains.
The issue is that the mountains usually get in the way of at least one of those...
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Almost makes you forget you're in Florida :)
ehhehe nah, I think that is just the whiskey:)
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...looks like that time of year again. Last couple mornings seem more intense than usual. There must me something about the Fall down here (if that is what you want to call it). I don't know what would cause it - more pollution, more water vapor, I'm not sure.
It must just be the angle of the Earth and the angle of the sunrise/sets. My house faces due South, so sunrise is on my left and sunset on my right. I've been down here for several years now and there is definitely a period of time where everything seems exaggerated.
I like sunrises better. They are more special, more quiet, more personal. It reminds me of when I was a musher and would train before dawn and watch sunrise, over the back of my dogs, with mist rising off them from their hot breath on crisp Fall mornings. Those were intense moments in some of the most mountainous, remote, beautiful places. The smell, the sound, the feeling of riding the cart - it's like every sense you have on fire - and then all of a sudden, dawn breaks over the mountains and you find your senses just overwhelmed.
And by the time you loaded the last dog in the truck, it's 8 o'clock, and you drive home accomplished, passing people that just got up and are heading to the office, oblivious that you already killed the day before they ever got their first cup of coffee.
Isn't the thing with sunrises/sunsets that they look better the more the air is polluted? :o We're in for a treat in the future eh?
jelly of your back yard!
>sunrises/sunsets that they look better the more the air is polluted?
yeah, volcanoes are known for causing crazy skies.
>your back yard
Yeah, this place has been outrageous. South Florida has definitely has its issues, but it's strong points more than compensate most of the time.
How much does somewhere like that set you back? Ball park monthly rental??
Someone's getting ideas!
There is no mortgage on this property, but it's about $20k/yr in taxes and insurance, plus upkeep... I imagine you could rent a place like mine for $4-5k/mo. After this I'll probably rent a little one bedroom on the inter-coastal for ~$1200 or a highrise looking at the ocean for maybe $1.5-2k. Or a cabin in the Smokey's:)
Sitting on the dock with coffee, waiting for the Space shuttle to fly over on it's way to LA and snapped this off the iphone:
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some other shots from last year...
Tell me that doesn't look like the mother ship from Ancient Aliens just arrived:
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Driving to the gym, at the light:
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this morning I decided to take a video...
https://www.facebook.com/v/10152132447215252
got out of bed a little late this morning and missed this by a few minutes...
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It's a beautiful place DB. I'm going to Naples Florida in a few months and looking forward to the sites.
Can I come to visit for a quick drink or are you booked?
Let me look into that DB, I am going to be on someone else's schedule and dime.
I suspected you might be busy, but keep me tuned and then if it's not storming insanely bad, we'll grab a bite or something. Rumbus and I missed each other on 95 so the bar is already set pretty low ;D
I missed this morning's peak by about 60 seconds, but it was a good one...
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...Its amazing how short your window is to snap a picture. The only regret looking back though is I should've had real camera instead of shooting all these on my iphone.
It's not in Florida but...
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It was very weird indeed.
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice ;D
It lasted all of about 2mins (if that). Saw it and thought I had to post it on your thread :)
2 minutes. Makes me wonder what I do the rest of the time:)