Over the Christmas holidays, we made a trip to San Diego, California. And on that drive down to South, we witnessed painting-like skies and a typical winter sunrise.
Since it’s winter, the sun not only rises a bit late but it also kind-of rises in the south-east for us up here in the northern hemisphere. As such, it felt like we were driving into the sunrise.
When we started our trip it was still dark outside even though it was past 6 in the morning. During that drive from Northern California to the southern part of the state, we watched the whole process of the sun making it’s way up, as we headed down Interstate 5 (I-5). For all of that time, we were in California’s Central Valley so there was no obstruction between the windshield and the giant projector that screened the show.
Add to that the fact that hazy summer and fall were behind us and it was a clearer December sky that was hosting the sunrise that day — it was a perfect winter sunrise.
Some cellphone pictures of a winter sunrise
As we watched the
So, I’ll let these early-morning sky shots make the first post for the year.
Happy 2019, dear trippers.
Here’s wishing you grand sunrises and GREAT trips this year.
Happy New Year!!
–Linking to:
Our World Tuesday
More: Sunrise pictures on Tipsy from the TRIP
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Wow, beautiful places. Very well captured and presented.
Thank you, Abhishek.
Happy New year to you.
Gorgeous frames, Nambiare. Have a wonderful 2019.
Nomad!! Thank you. And Thank you.
And you have a 2019 full of amazing trips, ok. Keep the tales coming. 🙂
Wow – gorgeous skies!
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Thank you for stopping by, Lady Fi. 🙂
Hi! Your photos are very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank YOU, Minoru. 🙂
Beautiful 🙂
These skies sure made my morning beautiful.
Thank you, JD. 🙂
Delightful captures!
Thank you so much, Magiceye.
Happy New Year to you. 🙂
Wonderful pics.
Sky has such a dramatic story!
Thank you, Anita.
Don’t we all love the drama in the sky. 🙂
Have a lovely weekend. 🙂
Mesmerizing captures.
Thank you, Jyotirmoy. 🙂
Amazing captures ? Dee. Wishing you a very Happy & Prosperous New Year ?
Thank you so much, Sachin.
Happy New Year to you and Varsha, too. 🙂
wonderful sceneries…
thank you for sharing your photos
Thank you, Tanza.
Happy New Year to you. 🙂
Beautiful colours… wish you many such beautiful mornings in 2019.
Thanks a ton, Bikram. That’s a beautiful wish.
Here’s wishing you a great many great trips this year. 🙂
Gorgeous… reminds me of my drives around Mount Whitney…
Oh wow! you guys went to that side of the Sierras? Awesome. That was along with the Death Valley, trip?
I thought they are sunset pictures. 🙂 The colors are so intense. It’s always rewarding to get up early. There’s nothing like witnessing the morning hues of the sky.
It seems that winter sunrises (and sunsets) are very colourful considering the winter showers keep the air here washed and clean.
I don’t see a lot of sunrises. So this was a total treat.
Happy New Year to you, Renuka. 🙂