For the first time in a few days, and to the benefit of those watching, the sun had some clouds to play with in the morning sky, seen in the first image at sunrise proper, in the second a few minutes later, and above at twilight's onset (all better large on black, here, here and here). I'm all for enjoying good weather, but the one about variety and spice and life is quite true... particularly at sunrise!

Congrats on a very pleasant set. The last is particularly interesting. I always find it more interesting to contrast natural and artificial lighting. So, well done on the excellent exposures! Living in Greece, I get 300 days of sunshine and now really appreciate clouds! In fact, I'd recommend Gavin Pretor-Pinney's very entertaining book, "The Cloudspotter's Guide", which sets out to fight 'blue-sky thinking'! revenant · 2009-03-06: 11:09

You can also find thousands of wonderful pictures about this theme under "Gavin Pretor-Pinney" on google! I love # 2! Unchained · 2009-03-06: 18:48

Yes, this sunrise has earned more than one shot. Yesterday was orange/pink today orange/yellow Alway different, always beautiful !!! relee · 2009-03-07: 07:56

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