4:43am, this is already some way into the sunrise,
I am only giving you the last three minutes of this
fabulous sky show.
4:43am the sky was changing so quickly I was shooting
a dozen shots a minute
4:44am and the difference is remarkable, these three
minutes held enough beauty to fill a lifetime, life was
on hold, the splendour was all around me as
4:45am I stood in awe, my eyes everywhere and my
shutter clicking away as though demented.
4:45am when I thought it could not get any better,
of course it did!
4:46am, it filled my heart and soul with overwhelming
colour, at last my camera hand sank and I just stood
there drinking my fill of this amazing morning gift.
Should anyone request it, I could post more of this
glory next week.
Rub your eyes, click on the Logo and enjoy other skies.
To Klaus and the SkyWatch Team, I wish all success with
Mr.Linly!, and a big thank you for persevering.
87 comments:
These sky shots are gorgeous. Just beautiful.
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Great colors in the sky, all of them timed too... lovely shots.
AWESOME!! I knew exactly the feelings you were describing, times like this drop me to my knees.
Absolutely gorgeous sky photos - how lucky to have caught this. Thanks for doing such a great job.
Oh,when I see these magnifficent burning skyes I can not get away from the thought that those burned in the bush fires are up there and sending us that beauty to remeber how precious is our mother earth,to take care of it and our selfs.I was too not sleeping and taking photos of the sky over here In Holland at the same time,nice! Greetings Sandra
Exceptional - beautiful photography. Aren't we lucky to live in Australia, such a beautiful ever changing expanse of sky, land and ocean?
Gorgeous! What a flaming way to start the day! Fabulous shots, Arija!
I definitely request more of these gorgeous pictures. They are absolutely magnificent. 'The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God'.te
WOW, beautiful!
Wow! So tell me, is there a storm coming in? Up here, "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's warning."
Magnificent sunrise colours!
Thanks for showing us this.
Exquisite shots Arija - there is something about the morning sky that is fresher than evening sunsets. I can't get too much of them - so more please.
Gorgeous shots of a glorious sky, Arija. Yes, please, more, more! (((Hugs))) Jo
Oooooh, as a cloud painter and photographer--I am SO envious!!! What gorgeousness! Our skies were all in gentle pastels last night.
Amazing beauty.Thanks for sharing these special moments with us.
Blessings,Ruth
warm and comforting and beautiful...i would be sitting there forever taking in the glorious show.
thanks for sharing them with us.
have a wonderful weekend.
Hallo Arija,
das sind Stimmungen und Farben, wie man sie sich nur wümschen kann. Gutm dass uns die Natur so beschenkt.
... und leider kann ich meinen Beitrag wieder nicht einstellen, bestimmt nur ein kleines Problem.
Liebe Grüsse
Hartmut
Arija, this is one very awesome sunrise. Hope it means that rain came. I'd love to see more of this beauty. So glad you get up early.
Well sunrises don't get much more spectacular than that, no wonder your soul felt rejuvenated.
Wow,..that's an amazing vibrant sunset. So brilliant!
Magnificent!
Absolutely gorgeous sunrise - and shots! The sky is on fire!
Arija: I certainly would like to see more of the "Fire In the Sky" series, nicely done.
Wow, that sunriset was fantastic. Just beautiful, great series! Have a nice weekend
God knows where you live because God gives you beautiful skies! And to think we have to endure a hurricane before we can have some semblance of this magnificent show.
We have to change the layout of your blog to enable you to post larger than large photographs a s a default, just like mine.
Arija, it looks like your sky is on fire! I'm quite worried for you that you might have been barbecued watching this! But very pleased that you did. I sometimes think of you if I wake up at sunrise and spend a few minutes watching the show. But our show is never anything like this! have a great weekend.
Janice.
Wow! A great series of photos. That was well worth getting up early for. Thanks for sharing.
Do you see my blog? The photos are huge to begin with. You many not want all of them to be so huge, maybe just the first one and then you have the option of making the others display with the default size. When i download my photos to my blog. I download them as Medium size then I change the dimension from 320 to 640. I am able to do this because I enlarge my blog layout up to 900. I believe yours is only arounf 600. Of course only if you want to do it. I am satisfied with enlarging your photos as I view them, it's just that they are so magnificent that I think a large display will give them more grandeur.
You are right about my friend. Some of us choose the positive way. I think the chemicals in our bodies help us with our direction too. I wish I could sit down with you. I will just listen for hours.
Wow. Beauty overload! That is quite an amazing sky you caught!
Great shots! Happy Sunshine! Happy SWF!
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Yes, I would love to see more. Aren't you glad you got up early that day?
Just stunning! Which is my fave? Sorry, but I can't choose just one. Wow!
~Lisa
Arija, I can't believe you are up that early. Get some sleep.
The pictures are amazing.
Love Renee xoxo
A gorgeous series - how you manage to get up so early, though -
1 word "AMAZING"
Well done and what a color difference in a few minutes, great post!!
Have a nice SWF
Greatings from NL
Spectacular sunrise. Truly a spectacle to see.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
Amazing shots, with so much color no need to saturate.
These are absolutely stunning shots, thanks a bunch for sharing them with us!
Seeing a sight like this makes it worth getting up at such an early hour. Fab photos, thanks for letting me see.
Spectacular! Incredibly beautiful way to start the day!
These are definitely stunning...so glorious and very eye-filling.
Oh what stunning skies! I am always moved by this beauty also. Yes please, would love to see some more of them next week!
I'm almost speechless. These are just so stunning. The oranges and reds with the swatches of blue of the sky is smashing. I love these.
Simply gorgeous. Great shots.
Have a nice weekend Arija.
Regina
Wish I was there..never saw an orange sunset like that.
Those are spectacular colors of the sky. Excellent. Happy SWF.
I can see how it filled your heart and soul. A person is never the same after taking that beauty in!
Arija your comment on my post made me feel like crying like nothing has in a long time.
I had to come back and look at the sky with you through new eyes.
Thank you.
Love Renee xoxo
Arija..these are just wonderful shots today...isn't it amazing what a sunrise can do for our souls?
Thanks so much for sharing them with us today!
Stunning shots!
Remarkable photos...beautiful shots. I can't believe you got up so early to capture the sunrise. That is true dedication.
I am speechless.
God's Glory, your photos and commentary leave me speechless~
Maria
STUNNING and more!
My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.
Nice series, felt like realtime!
Beautiful sunrise!
Some days ago I could see sunrise in the mountains -- it was marvelous, but not so great like this.
Goregeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS!! Wonderful SF post!
"...enough beauty to fill a lifetime..." is the perfect description.
While your skies burn and glow so wonderfully ours are a dull shadow. Extreams it seems.
Lovely capture. Thanks for rising early to get these shots.
No wonder you were blown away. What a beautiful sky! So early though, I would be tucked up in bed.
GASP!! What amazing colors... my friend, these are truly beautiful!
I would love to see more! Yes I would!
Congratulations your mention on David McMahon's Posts of the Day !!
A very worthy post!
Wonderfully dramatic skies! It 's on fire!!!
Beautiful! Congrats on the Post of the Day Award from David's authorblog!
Stunningly beautiful. Truly deserving of a mention on authorblog's POTD.
'God' tripped over a bucket of red paint or decided to make scrambled eggs with tomato;)
Nice shots!
Wonderful series!
Fantastic! :)
Happy weekend!
You blog has become so popular Arija and it is because of photos like these and your wonderful prose....Michelle
Wow! Stunning photos. The sky looks like it's on fire. I'm not sure I would have gone after my camera, I might have missed a moment of change.
Spectacular
You were lucky to be a witness to this beautiful light display. The colours are magical.
Arija,
I'm so glad you're an early riser! These skies are incredible to behold. Thank you for sharing your most lovely sunrise with us.
But I do know that when I paint I am not ruled by logic and reason, that it is my abstract concept and raw emotions that I interpret and convert to lines and colors. The only time I would combine logic, reason and facts into an aesthetic form is probably through architecture or even scaled technical illustrations. Impressionistic art is not a product of reasoninf, scientific projects and thesis are.
Arija! Truely memorable skies that you share with us! I saw similar skies when I was in Arizona ..not here!Enjoy your weekend! Hugs NG
I like how you took the SkyWatch photos as a timeline. Wonderful images!
Joyce M
I'm so glad you had time to catch all this. Absolutely marvelous.
B.
yes, yes. I vote for more next week! Thankfully, I've experienced this joy before.
Holy smokes! What a symphony! Just breathtaking. Thank you for sharing this!
Kit
I am not a morning person, but a sunrise like that might change me.
Arija, you're right, it's really a fabulous sky. Your pictures are amazing: I've enjoyed very much the whole series!
I find that sunrise is more beautiful than sunset as you have, shown here. Only, only in the winter I get to see them! :-)
superb! the colours are gorgeous!
I don't have the words. These are just unbelievably glorious shots.
Absolutely breathtaking sunrise captures~each & every one~fantastic!
Cat
Words cannot begin to describe it!!! Thank you!!
Absolutely breathtaking.
Best Skywatch I've seen in a long time! Such fire, such beauty!
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