Sunrise

Sun rise pictures are something of a rarity on these pages, not least because, by definition, they happen early in the morning, and I'm not one of life's morning people - when it comes to pictures of sunsets and sunrises, I'm far more likely to take the former than the latter! But sometimes mornings are unavoidable, and when that coincides with the right conditions, we get images like this:

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This sunrise picture was taken on a cold, largely clear morning in early March, as the sun crept above the layer cloud beyond the distant hills. The dark outlines of leafless trees serve to frame the burst of brilliant colours on the horizon, filling the sky with yellows, golds, pinks and blues. If they're all like this, maybe I should try to see more sunrises!

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