Thursday, September 3, 2009

Skywatch Friday

The other day, I was jarred out of a deep sleep
by an early morning phone call,
"Hurry, get up and get out there and
photograph the spectacular sunrise."
...and so, I did...
San Ramon, CA
(8/27/09)

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46 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome color! Looks like the fire fueled sunset from mine today!
What a week we have had in CA!
Thanks for sharing on Skywatch!

Megan, Life Revamped said...

thanks for sharing...

i love sunsets...

diane b said...

So so red for the morning. Great sky, great colour and an interesting pattern of wires.

Tara R. said...

That is amazing! Definitely worth getting up early for, stunning colors.

Lui said...

And that's the beautiful gift of dawn and why some yogis are up to greet the sunrise!

Photo Cache said...

Oh my goodness, how glorious is that sunrise. I love it.

Guy D said...

Magnificent photo, and I love your header pic as well. Excellent photography

Have a great weekend.
Guy
Regina In Pictures

Anonymous said...

Orange ist eine meiner Lieblingsfarben. Oh wie kräftig intensiv. Das ist ein fantastisches Foto und sollte auch mal gemalt werden;-)Wünsche dir ein schönes Wochenende. Hier ist der Herbst angekommen. ganz liebe Grüße an meine Blogfreundin in der Ferne

joo said...

Spectacular indeed! Sometimes it's worth to get up early to catch sucha a view:)
Greetings

Jim said...

Wow. Awesome.
Sydney - City and Suburbs

chrome3d said...

That sky was full of electricity.

Regina said...

Wow. Fantastic!

Anonymous said...

It is burning lava seems so.
Creator - The best artist always.

Sharon said...

Through the devastation, there is beauty! Magnificent photo!

kazu said...

Very beautiful sunset.
Great shot!

VioletSky said...

A beautiful wake up call!

Anonymous said...

Wow, definatly worth getting out of bed for. Thanks for Sharing. Happy Friday! :)

Louise said...

WOW! I'm so glad you got that phone call, but even more glad that someone knew enough to make it. I LOVE this sky with the towers and wires in front of it. Worth every second of lost sleep.

Happily Retired Gal said...

WOW ... what stunning simplicity and AMAZING colors! I'm glad you got up for this one and a big thank you to your friend who called ;--)
Hugs and blessings,

Russ said...

Wow! Now that is a sky on fire! I'm glad you got up for that.

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOODNESS! That's AWESOME! I can't believe how orange/red it is

Is it caused by the fires & smoke?

happyone said...

WOW! That is awesome.

Maria said...

Hi! My daughter just told me to stop over and see your skywatch... wow... incredible! Worth the wake-up call!
~All the best~ Maria

Amanda said...

WOW! incredible photo, it literally took my breath. It actually looks like the fire is in the sky. Prayers for safety for all of you in California!

lisa mertins said...

wow. gorgeous! and the powerlines, one of my favorite subjects!

Kirigalpoththa said...

Fantastic color!

George said...

I sure am glad you got that early morning phone call. This is a spectacular sunrise.

clo said...

hello...
really happy to discovering your blog...
all my compliments for all these beautiful shots..
a great moment of pleasure...
have a good weekend...:o)

Unknown said...

Wow! The sky are in fire.. Fantastic!!

Mari said...

Beautiful! That was worth getting up for!

Don and Krise said...

Oh yeah, we had a sunset like this a month or so ago. I never get tired of looking at colors like this.

Carol said...

Gorgeous fiery sunrise....and the wires even look good in this shot...your header shot is pretty stunning also...

dev wijewardane said...

great shot

eLIZabeth Floyd said...

Wow! This is just spectatular!

eLIZabeth Floyd said...

Wow! This is just spectatular!

Kalyan said...

simply beautifully captured shot....lovely!

Connie T. said...

Fire sky. Nice picture.

Christina said...

Vibrantly beautiful sunrise!

Bradley Hsi said...

Wow, this is such an amazing photo, incredible color of the sky. Thanks for sharing.

Coy Hill said...

Spectacular sunrise!

Fire in the sky, how fitting for CA with all of the wildfires burning.

Rob said...

Fantastic colors!

betty-NZ said...

What a gorgeous sight! Wow!

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Janice / Dancing with Sunflowers said...

Beautiful sky, great colours and I like the nature versus manmade with the silhouette of the power lines.
Janice.

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i love this one too! nice pix sis! keep sharing pictures!

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