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Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on March 16, 2015, 07:15 AM:
I just couldn't resist taking a photograph of the sunrise. Since a lot of us coyote hunters witness many sunrises I thought perhaps some of you would enjoy this. Anyway good morning from my little part of paradise in Montana.
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on March 16, 2015, 07:59 AM:
Veeeerrrry Nice!!!
- DAA
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on March 16, 2015, 09:17 AM:
I think that we could match you sunrise for sunset down here in Arizona, but that one definitely raises the bar.
A pity that more people don't take the time to sit back and savor such an awesome sight. Too busy rushing from here to there and there to here, I guess.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on March 16, 2015, 10:25 AM:
Koko, you are absolutely right. I was actually very busy and in a hurry to make it to a meeting on time. However as I was watching the sun rise, I thought to myself; "Nope I'm going to take a minute, stop the car, and take a photograph. It's just too beautiful to let slip away." I have no regrets and I still made it to my meeting on time.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on March 16, 2015, 12:53 PM:
That is a magnificent pic, man! Maybe it's because I'm starting to feel my age and not able to run from place to place, but the past year has produced some beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Seem to be more mornings and evening with clouds near the horizon to capture and reflect those colors. We were on one of our early stands this past autumn and when I got to a coyote I'd shot, I took a moment to look around and noticed the sun's rays bursting through the remnants of an early morning line that passed through. Always worth saving with a pic. Not as colorful as yours, but eye catching at the time.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on March 16, 2015, 01:03 PM:
It's a great world, for sure.
I have said it before and until proven wrong, northern New Mexico gets my vote for sunsets.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on March 16, 2015, 02:28 PM:
Oregon has its share, too.
That's a great picture. Red sky in morning, sailor take warning.
When I was younger I guess I didn't take the time to appreciate sunrises or sunsets but as I age I'm sometimes just awed by them.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on March 16, 2015, 03:33 PM:
One thing that always went way over my head was "Northern Lights". Until I actually saw what they were talking about.
Friggin' Awesome!
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by jimanaz (Member # 3689) on March 16, 2015, 04:08 PM:
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I have said it before and until proven wrong, northern New Mexico gets my vote for sunsets.
Oh, really?
Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on March 16, 2015, 06:13 PM:
When I lived in Juneau I saw the Northern Lights a bunch. Best viewing was on clear nights when the temps dropped to 35 below. No color to them. Just a luminescent glow in snake like patterns against the sky.
Best I ever saw them, tho, was on a caribou hunt out of King Salmon. We were camped out on the tundra and I got up during the night to take a leak. The temp dropped to 20 and the sky was clear. The lights emanated from the horizon in a semicircular pattern in different color bands like you see in cartoons.
We had a float plane parked in the lake and were getting a bit concerned that we might get frozen in but when morning came it was back in the low 40's.
Fond memories.
Posted by DarbinCo (Member # 4590) on March 16, 2015, 06:25 PM:
Great pictures.. I love taking a moment or two and watching the rising or setting sun. Some of the most amazing colors can light the sky at those times of day.
Here's a couple pics of the Arizona sunrise. The cactus looked so cool against the sky. I had to stop and take a few pics.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on March 16, 2015, 06:47 PM:
Those are some pretty places. Been a strange late winter so far. Over 80 degrees here today, with normal temps at 53 forecast for tomorrow. That's dangerous stuff when you live this side of the Rockies. Get a nice warm spell and a decent southerly wind bringing moisture up from the Gulf, then have a cold front of more "seasonal" weather come rolling in from the north and booger and I are digging holes in the ground. Just passed the 25th Anniversary of the Hesston tornado a couple days ago, dang near wiped out an entire city. April 14 will be the anniversary of the one that went past my little piece of heaven. Last three years have been very low on count for twisters, so one of these springs, we're gonna get our asses kicked. To make matters worse, KS and OK are having more earthquakes that California these days. If it weren't flat, we'd be running from mud slides.
That tornado in April was one of the most videoed I've ever seen. This video is one I just found that was well done. Initially, it opens with the tornado W of my hometown of Solomon, eight miles east of me now. It's rain wrapped and crossing I-70 right over the home of a lifelong friend. her son works for Wildlife Services in NE. Moved her house 18 inches on its foundation but left it intact. Guys I served in FD with were right alongside it blocking that line of cars and trucks. It goes from a wedge to a stovepipe and, at that time, is hitting a farm owned by more longtime family friends. They lost several outbuildings and their roof. After traveling over several miles of farm and rangeland where it obliterated a shelterbelt and missed another friend's house by a hundred yards or less with no damage whatsoever, you see the guys going up the highway, tornado on the left as a wedge, and they come to an intersection where they decide to turn east. Just south of them on the right, less than a half-mile - a very nice lady hid in her home down in the trees and watched her machine shed just disappear through her front window. At this same time, another buddy is in his corral delivering a foal as that news helicopter flew past his house. He named the paint foal "Storm". North takes you a mile then you're screwed because of mud. East is two miles to another blacktop going to Manchester - right in the heart of my stomping grounds. Actually, they stopped and were blocked from proceeding at Manchester on to Longford where the tornado passed just overhead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o9EuitUCb0
Was just thinking about our close calls recently. The night the Chapman tornado hit, I was on the phone with Q when I heard the roar of the funnel pass just south of my house. Ten minutes later, he could hear the sirens going past my house as they sent "everything to Chapman". One dead, half the town destroyed or damaged.
Still funner than earthquakes or pretty sunrises. (an acquired taste, I guess.) LOL
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Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on March 16, 2015, 08:25 PM:
Okay.....some Oregon stuff
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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on March 16, 2015, 09:31 PM:
Okay, I don't have the documents to post, you just have to take my word for it. And, opinion is in effect.
And, another thang. The sky is so purty in northern New Mexico, you don't need to prove it. There will be another one tomorrow, and the day after that.
Strictly by numbers, NM whelms, if not Over whelms.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on March 17, 2015, 04:59 AM:
Though I often appreciate and enjoy them, I rarely take pictures of sunrise or sunsets. Just too consistently disappointed in the results, over the years. So I quit bothering to try and mostly just enjoy them without a camera anymore.
This is one I've always liked though. Probably everyone has seen it enough already, but, what the heck...
And while far from the classic fiery sky sunrise, this winter sunrise in the Newfoundlands is one I've always liked too. Made a 20x30 canvas print of this one hanging on the wall, I like it so much.
The Great Salt Lake isn't good for much, but it does regularly produce some stunning sunsets. I get to see them from my house, pretty routine, rarely even try to take a photo of them though.
This one isn't anything unusual or special either, but sure feels familiar. Sunset on a hot summer day, out there.
- DAA
Posted by TRnCO (Member # 690) on March 17, 2015, 05:02 AM:
Troy's is still in the lead, with Jimzy pulling a close 2nd at this point. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
WHoa, wait just a minute. This just in, Troy has been knocked off by the new comer.
Mostly just because there is game in the pics. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on March 17, 2015, 06:57 AM:
TR, I agree, but I can't compete with a guy like DAA, he's got his act together with his shutterbug abilities.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on March 17, 2015, 07:20 AM:
Agreed, he's friggin' awesome!
But, purdy sunsets/sunrises are so individual, (like fingerprints) that we could go on and on without declaring a definitive "winner".
But, we can try.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on March 17, 2015, 08:52 AM:
Dave takes the prize, if there is one, no doubt. I wish I had his skills.
I used to think I was a photographer but I now realize I've just been taking pictures.
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