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George McGovern

(8,801 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2025, 06:45 AM Jun 6

3 Sunrises/5 Sunsets (top to bottom) -- All images are from my DU archives.

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3 Sunrises/5 Sunsets (top to bottom) -- All images are from my DU archives. (Original Post) George McGovern Jun 6 OP

Gorgeous! mnhtnbb Jun 6 #1

Thank You mnhtnbb! Archives go back to March of 2021 to present and are ongoing. All year long. George McGovern Jun 6 #8

Beautiful photos! They bring up a brain teaser I've often wondered about: TheRickles Jun 6 #2

Thank You TheRickles! Only way to tell from our angle here is by the landscape pictured. George McGovern Jun 6 #9

Makes sense if you know the setting, but if it's an unfamiliar location, I'm thinking there's really no way to tell. TheRickles Jun 6 #23

Look forward to a couple of weeks of spectacular sunsets as the ash from the Manitoba wildfire 3Hotdogs Jun 6 #3

Thank You 3Hotdogs. No criticism taken. Such sunsets can be spectacular. George McGovern Jun 6 #10

Wow! LoisB Jun 6 #16

Thanks Lois! George McGovern Jun 6 #20

WOW ! 3Hotdogs Jun 6 #17

Thanks 3Hotdogs! George McGovern Jun 6 #19

Wow! Alice Kramden Jun 6 #4

Thanks so much Alice! George McGovern Jun 6 #11

So beautiful and serene evemac Jun 6 #5

Great! Lower stress is a good thing evemac! Thank You! George McGovern Jun 6 #12

What beauty to gaze upon when first logging into DU! Diamond_Dog Jun 6 #6

YW Diamond_Dog! TY. George McGovern Jun 6 #13

That last one is just incredible. magicarpet Jun 6 #7

I consider sunrise and sunset skies to be the work of Mother Nature's paintbrush. Thanks magicarpet! George McGovern Jun 6 #14

Magnificent! The second is one of my all-time favorites, as is #6. I don't think I had ever seen LoisB Jun 6 #15

You're welcome Lois! Thank You! George McGovern Jun 6 #21

Beautiful - all of them! Especially like the second one. Thanks, Allan! highplainsdem Jun 6 #18

Thank You kindly highplainsdem! George McGovern Jun 6 #22

Stunning images! Grumpy Old Guy Jun 6 #24

Thanks GOG!! George McGovern Jun 7 #25

Breathtaking! SheltieLover Jun 7 #26

You betcha' SL! Yw! George McGovern Jun 8 #27

mnhtnbb

(32,704 posts)

1. Gorgeous!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 06:55 AM

Jun 6

Over what time period? Different seasons?

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

8. Thank You mnhtnbb! Archives go back to March of 2021 to present and are ongoing. All year long.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:13 AM

Jun 6

TheRickles

(2,910 posts)

2. Beautiful photos! They bring up a brain teaser I've often wondered about:

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:02 AM

Jun 6

Is it possible to tell the sunrises from the sunsets just by looking at the photos? And if so, how?

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

9. Thank You TheRickles! Only way to tell from our angle here is by the landscape pictured.

Reply to TheRickles (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:22 AM

Jun 6

Sunrises typically will show a tree line for a horizon. Sunsets show a horizon mostly flat, but
rising just a little bit in places and no trees visible. And even those parameters can be hard to
pin down.

TheRickles

(2,910 posts)

23. Makes sense if you know the setting, but if it's an unfamiliar location, I'm thinking there's really no way to tell.

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 02:15 PM

Jun 6

3Hotdogs

(14,446 posts)

3. Look forward to a couple of weeks of spectacular sunsets as the ash from the Manitoba wildfire

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:41 AM

Jun 6

continues to drift south.

--- that is not a criticism of the photographs, which are spectacular, as usual.

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

10. Thank You 3Hotdogs. No criticism taken. Such sunsets can be spectacular.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:45 AM

Jun 6

Just once, with this photo, have I taken a picture with wildfire smoke and ash in the air.

In August 2022 a sun was setting behind a smoke/ash cloud and I photographed it. Normally I prefer not to take pictures when there is fire smoke and ash in the atmosphere because of the cause of the smoke. Which is unnatural.

This particular incidence was so unusual it was cause for a photo.

LoisB

(11,387 posts)

16. Wow!

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #10)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:04 AM

Jun 6

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

20. Thanks Lois!

Reply to LoisB (Reply #16)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 12:33 PM

Jun 6

3Hotdogs

(14,446 posts)

17. WOW !

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #10)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:43 AM

Jun 6

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

19. Thanks 3Hotdogs!

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #17)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 12:32 PM

Jun 6

Alice Kramden

(2,744 posts)

4. Wow!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:44 AM

Jun 6

Love it!

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

11. Thanks so much Alice!

Reply to Alice Kramden (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:46 AM

Jun 6

evemac

(236 posts)

5. So beautiful and serene

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:56 AM

Jun 6

Lowers my stress level just looking at them.

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

12. Great! Lower stress is a good thing evemac! Thank You!

Reply to evemac (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:47 AM

Jun 6

Diamond_Dog

(38,054 posts)

6. What beauty to gaze upon when first logging into DU!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:22 AM

Jun 6

The horses peacefully chomping on their dinner …. time goes on. What a great image. TY George.

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

13. YW Diamond_Dog! TY.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:48 AM

Jun 6

magicarpet

(18,455 posts)

7. That last one is just incredible.

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:31 AM

Jun 6

It looks like an artist just had a ball putting pink, purple, orange, and yellow on a white canvas - for us to emmensly enjoy.

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

14. I consider sunrise and sunset skies to be the work of Mother Nature's paintbrush. Thanks magicarpet!

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:51 AM

Jun 6

LoisB

(11,387 posts)

15. Magnificent! The second is one of my all-time favorites, as is #6. I don't think I had ever seen

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:02 AM

Jun 6

the last one but it is phenomenal. I'm adding that to the list of favorites. The one with the horses is so peaceful - I love it. Thank you!

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

21. You're welcome Lois! Thank You!

Reply to LoisB (Reply #15)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 12:36 PM

Jun 6

highplainsdem

(57,821 posts)

18. Beautiful - all of them! Especially like the second one. Thanks, Allan!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 11:46 AM

Jun 6

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

22. Thank You kindly highplainsdem!

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #18)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 12:38 PM

Jun 6

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,019 posts)

24. Stunning images!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 06:17 PM

Jun 6

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

25. Thanks GOG!!

Reply to Grumpy Old Guy (Reply #24)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:10 PM

Jun 7

SheltieLover

(72,888 posts)

26. Breathtaking!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:12 PM

Jun 7

Ty for the horse pix.

George McGovern

(8,801 posts)

27. You betcha' SL! Yw!

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #26)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:51 PM

Jun 8

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