Time seems to have flown and blogs seem to have been thin on the ground. Recently been looking back at some notes and found this which covers the sightings from a number of mornings through November 2013.
November is usually remembered as being a dark and dank month but not last year, in 2013 November was a month of blue skies and bright sunshine, accompanying such wonderful days there were a number of wonderful sunrises. One of the good things about sunrises in November is that they occur at sensible times of the day and can be easily observed without very early rises.
The sunrises of note during November were variations on a theme of fiery reds. It was as though the skies were temporarily painted from a pallet dominated by oranges and reds, ranging from the palest which could almost have been a figment of the imagination through to the rich and vibrant, colour that hit you directly in the face and took no prisoners. The description that follows is just one sunrise that occurred on the 13 November 2013, but all the colourful ones from this period of time, though each original would follow this common theme of reds and oranges.
Flaming Scarlet Skies – 13 November 2013 (Copyright Carol Jones)
As the new light of day, pushed over the surrounding hills and began to burn the dark of night away, the sky began to lighten and colour beginning gently with the palest shades of orange, tingeing the edges of the few clouds available. As time moved on the oranges become brighter and warmer producing a mass of colour, all in varying shades of orange and all wonderfully warm. No time to linger and contemplate for the scene did not stand still, it continued to develop with every passing second. Soon the oranges began to brighten again, as though the sky had caught fire and the heavens had begun to glow, like the coals in the grate of our fire. Throughout this phase of the sunrise the oranges continued to brighten, becoming redder and more much more scarlet in nature. At the height of the display the sky took on a burning scarlet, rich and vibrant in nature, and almost radiating heat on what was a cold and chilly morning. However, this vibrancy and warmth did not last long and soon burnt out, so that the sky passed rapidly from flaming scarlet to a cooler cherry red, which soon began to fade to leave just the odd remnant of colour to tinge the edge of the morning clouds.
Fading Glories – 13 November 2013 (Copyright Carol Jones)
November’s wonderful sunrises were not as common as to occur every day or even necessarily every few days, but they were common enough to be remembered for their amazing displays of colours. Its strange, as many times as I see these amazing morning displays, each is unique and original, and with each I have that feeling of wonder that there may still be a bright, fresh new world out there waiting to be discovered.
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