An early Morning in East Northants
I took a walk out to
see the sunrise; it was -3 degrees and the ground was hard and frosty, with a
little mist still lingering.
I was walking towards the Sunrise in the East, but before it
came I had the chance to look behind me and see the nearly full moon, still
clearly visible. When you look at the moon your eye and brain focus on it and
it seems large in the sky. When you take a photograph you find it has shrunk;
the camera can’t adjust as well as your eyes and thoughts:
Over to the East an interesting cloud formation was loitering just where the sun was due to rise;
Watching the sunrise is always compelling; when it is at that low angle you can see it moving, first a slim arc above the horizon, then a hemisphere, finally the whole disc sitting on the horizon. After that it becomes too bright to observe directly:
It was worth braving the cold for a special start to the
day; sunrise was just beginning as the church bell chimed seven o’clock, which
was a nice theatrical touch. Only three weeks until the Vernal Equinox;
hopefully that will be an equally clear morning.
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