Sunsets & Sunrises

Doesn't dust in the air do beautiful things... "X" for the Alphabet group !!

Because of the dreadful drought.. 2012 brought some amazing sunsets here. There was alot of dust in the air. This was in the garden... and is the only time of year we can see sun sets... and then the next ridge over still cuts them a little short.

Even drought and dust have their moments of beauty in beautiful sunsets.

This is my heart and soul. I was in tears.. this was my Goodbye to Home. Again.. a cheap camera.. but the 3 weeks of photos mean more than the world to me.

Ist January 2014. Blessed New Year

Selene honours the setting Sun

We have a false horizons so the sunsets arent "real".. Also I am fast slipping away from the degree angle to see them.. they vanish from sight here. Till next Winter... making the most of it.

....... and thankfully not fire ! It caught me out for a moment though... heart stopping ! EXPLORED !

This is how it started

This is what it became EXPLORED !

I am over the Moon as I will be getting one of my photographs up on the EPOD (Earth Picture Of The Day) (APOD is Astronomy Picture Of The Day) EPOD comes from NASA. I submitted a pic 18 mths ago.. heard nothing.. then today I get a very red faced embarrassed letter from them apologising for not contacting me . I said no worries.. and asked were they going to use it ? He said they have a cloud pic lined up for 1st March.. but he could put it up on their Facebook page on 1st March. I sent back that I wasnt on faceless and wouldnt see it He asked if I had other photos !! I sent 2 sunsets... he loved one and asked for the details. I also said I had ice storms.. he said "Send me pics!!" I just have !! About 10 mins later he emailed again ... loved my description and My Sunset-Clouds one is going to be the Earth Picture Of The Day on 31st March We live on sandstone ridges and never see the true horizon but in mid Winter this is as close as it gets. This sunset on the first day of the New Year started as a soft gold and turned into a The Glory... a pink ladder of ever expanding beauty with the silhouetted "bones" of the Winter trees holding it in their arms . I am delighted !!!! I have had the APOD and the EPOD as links on my Desktop for 10 years. I visit for a photo fix and info fix daily. Here is the link to todays EPOD epod.usra.edu There is a new photo and wonderful information daily EXPLORED !

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever. Horace Mann Font : FoglihtenNo04 For the Poetography Group EXPLORED ! "Yesterday" for the Poetography group

In beauty, may I walk. All day long, may I walk. Through the returning seasons, may I walk. Beautifully I will possess again. Beautifully birds… Beautifully joyful birds… On the trail marked with pollen, may I walk. With grasshoppers about my feet, may I walk. With dew about my feet, may I walk. With beauty before me, may I walk. With beauty behind me, may I walk. With beauty above me, may I walk. With beauty all around me, may I walk. In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk. In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk. It is finished in beauty. It is finished in beauty. - Excerpt from the Navajo Night Way Ceremony- Font: Fontasia "Beauty" for the Poetography Group EXPLORED !

This was the sunrise from the aircraft... and then we hit the dense cloud of storm , and the very bumpy ride and had the 30yd visibility landing in Atlanta... The next flight onward to Raleigh had similar "bad air". EXPLORED !

We are still locked down in rain and blow from Hurricane Joaquin. No chance of photos of anything right now.... but... here's the rest of the Sunrise photos ! EXPLORED !

Finally back to the time of year and the Sun's Progression when I have my pretend Sunsets back. The Sun is actually dropping behind a sandstone ridge... but still so beautiful

Winter trees are the bones of the land. This "Lady" is holding the sky gently in her arms so the sky may sleep peacefully for this night. EXPLORED !