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The window next to my computer faces south. Running east to west are the Santa Cruz mountains. On the other side lies the Pacific Ocean.  All this week just before sunrise the southern sky has had some beautiful color so I decided to get up early to drive over the hill to Pigeon Point for the sunrise.  There were clouds in the sky which gave me hope that this morning would be another beautiful sunrise.

This morning just before the sun rose over the mountains this is what it looked like:

I wasn’t disappointed. This was worth getting up early and driving 47 miles to see.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35 @35mm| f22| 0.3 sec| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Tripod