East End Park - HDR Sunrise 4 - Sky on Fire

Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 17 December 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

After a short break for a cigarette and a discussion with a nearby tree, the flames that melted Icarus' wings appeared. It's the bright blazes like this that make me love watching sunrises. You just never know if it's going to happen if you don't wait long enough...


So what does all of this have to do with me learning about meteorology? I've started paying attention to the forecasts, especially about wind direction and cloud levels. Here in Houston, we often get weather patterns where surface winds come off of the Gulf of Mexico, bringing low clouds, and upper level winds come from the west, bringing a higher cloud deck. Weather like that produces some truly spectacular sunrises in Houston.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric

Check out the photography of a friend of mine outside of Aminus3:
Brian Dykes' Blue Echoes Photography - Beautiful nature and city images from the guy that turned me on to Adobe Lightroom

COOLPIX P80
1/250 second
F/8.0
ISO 64
10 mm

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