Very early this morning, whilst walking our dogs at Dookes H.Q. I was treated to the wonderful spectacle of sunrise.
I watched the golden fireball of the sun slowly rise above the horizon, casting it’s light across the frozen ground and creating a stunning light effect. It was definitely going to be a very nice day, even though at that hour the temperature was hovering around zero degrees celsius.
It struck me that we take a lot of things for granted in our modern age; we know why the sun rises and sets every day, we understand the phases of the moon, the tides of the sea and even our weather.
For the ancients, all these things were a Mystery and none more so than the Sun.
Our local star has been worshiped as a deity, feared as a demon, adored as the Earth’s Mother and even held in awe as the spirits of the ancestors, amongst many other beliefs.
It is as fundamental now to our own very existence, our past and our future as it was in those ancient times. In many ways, to most of us it still remains an untouchable enigma, a Mystery.
“Turn you face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori proverb.
Dookes
PS I couldn’t choose which shot I like most, so I posted four!
Hogrider Dookes 
I like the last one, for it’s clarity & composition.
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Thank you.
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And they are all spectacular. Don’t you love a good sunrise? It’s almost impossible to spoil them. I love the bare branches. 🙂
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Bare trees do have a certain stark beauty and really helped with this mornings composition.
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That’s pretty awesome that you can get the moon to come out that size. When I shoot the moon, it’s a size of a pinhead
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Erm, it’s the sun!
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Haha! You’re right. Anyways. It’s a nice picture. But your correction made is a little less. You should’ve just left me in my ignorance. (Joking). Good job!
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I only know cos I was there!!!!! 🙂
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I must say that I find taking pictures of the moon quite tricky
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A beautiful series of shots. Nothing like a good sunrise (or sunset) to make you in awe of nature.
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Cheers m’dear!
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Beautiful – and how lucky to actually capture these moments with camera in hand.
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I’m beginning to carry a camera wherever I go at the moment and it’s certainly paying off!
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Absolutely!! Me too!!
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I like the composition of #2 best.
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So poetic! In my minds eye, I could see all the people standing in that same spot over the millennia watching that same sunrise and it gave me goose bumps! Or whatever you call them in Cornwall… And I like all of the pictures! Glad you couldn’t decide!
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Yep, goose bumps it is and that’s pretty poetic yourself Agma!
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