Sunday, 27 March 2022

Moving toward equinox

Recently, I noticed a brilliant sunrise was in progress.  I grabbed my camera and recorded the picture just below. It was taken on 3/07/22.  Jeanne reminded me that the equinox was coming up and I thought that it might be fun to follow the change in each day's sunrise point until then.  

Each morning thereafter, I checked out the horizon, hoping for more amazing colors as the sun appeared.  I got some beauties.  





This is a record then, of where the sun rose each day. You'll notice that some days are missing. That's because the cloud cover was so heavy that I couldn't get a picture. 

This was taken on March 9th.

 

Taken on March 12th

Taken on March 13th. Not very exact, but you can see that it has moved since yesterday. 




Taken on March 14th. 



Taken on March 15th



March 16th



March 17th



March 18th




(No visible sunrises for a few days.)



March 22nd.  Up until today, I was shooting all my pictures to the right of the palm in the middle of the picture. Today, as you can see, the sun is coming up well to the left of that palm. The next couple of shots give you a closer look at this sunrise.   



Here comes the sun on the first day after equinox that I could see it.  



 Thirty seconds after the picture above.  I like this one.



And I like this one, a close-up of the preceding photo, even better.  I looks as though the sun is in the middle of the clouds, not behind them.  

That's it for this series of photos.  I've had a good time each morning between sips of coffee. I hope that you enjoyed seeing them.  

I'm writing this on Friday, March 25, and haven't taken any decent sunrise photos since the one above.  

I got some pre-dawn shots of Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, all in one part of the sky yesterday, but by the time dawn arrived, heavy clouds and drizzle prevented any further clicking.  

The shots of the planets really pleased me, but that's the subject of another, albeit brief, post.  

Take care.   -djf

UPDATE:

I might as well show you a couple more since I have them. I took them this morning, Saturday, 3/26/22.  





4 comments:

  1. This is a remarkable series of pictures! The sun has moved quite a bit more north relative to the trees on your horizon with each day. This is a sight few of us rarely see in person and I'm so glad you've shared your experience with us.

    I love the closeups you got of the sun in the middle of the clouds - it actually looks like it is speeding north with a trail of exhaust in its wake.

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  2. I am very glad I did this. The header picture turned out good too.

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  3. These pictures are stunning. I loved them! McKenzie

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  4. Thanks, McKenzie, sunrise will be in about 15 minutes today. I'll be out there.

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