Good Morning

A curdled morning sky.

Good Morning

The sun was just lighting the clouds.

Good Morning!

Early dawn on a cloudless day.  It's good to get up early enough to see the dawn every now and then.

Good Morning

  It's hard to find a good spot to see the sunrise without houses and trees in the way.

Good morning on a cloudy day

If you get up at sunrise, sometimes you can get a glimpse of the sun on a cloudy day.

Good Morning

Good Morning.  This one was the start to a beautiful day.

Good morning

Sunrise on the day after a rain.  The clouds were just leaving as the sun came up.

After the snow

After a few rainy days, and one snowy one, the sky was almost clear at dawn.

And another morning sunrise

Maybe they're all starting to look the same?  I don't know, they're all spectacular.  

Yet another good morning

When it's not raining, we get some amazing sunrises.  This one was taken before a rainy day.  

Another good morning

It looks like a sunset, but it really was a sunrise.  I was amazed by the swoopy contrails in the sky.  The pilot must have changed his mind about where he wanted to go.

Morning Hawk

This hawk was calling out in the morning.  He could be heard for blocks.

Morning Contrails

Raleigh must be in the flight path of a lot of airlines.  We see contrails in the sky all the time.  These were glowing in the early dawn.

Good Morning!

I see a lot of sunrises, walking the dog.  All of them are good, but this one was magnificent!  

Dawn - New Year's Day 2018

With such a spectacular dawn, who can doubt that 2018 will be a spectacular year?

The dog walk this morning was a chilly 15 degrees, warm compared to anywhere else in the country.  

sky view

Happy New Year's Eve.  It feels good to say goodbye to 2017!

Dawn

On a cloudy day, this is as much of the sun as you can expect to see.

Not quite Big Sky country

Montana touts itself as Big Sky Country.  That is, of course because there's nothing to block the sky, no tall buildings, no trees.  Here in North Carolina, it's hard to find a place to see a panoramic sunrise.  The tall trees are everywhere.