Sunrise or Sunset

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Re: Sunrise or Sunset

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Mount Ouray 5-20-12

Thought it would be fun to see a sunset up high, turned out to be a pretty awesome!!!

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vonmackle wrote:Man, how did I miss this one? Great shot, Kimo. Excellent lighting on Longs, and I love the clouds.
Thanks, just happened to be walking down the trail at the right time of light. :D

I really lucked out that day. Clouds can make an image, and in that case they did. Although Longs isn't too shabby to look at either.
anasarca76 wrote:Thought it would be fun to see a sunset up high, turned out to be a pretty awesome!!!
Welcome to the party. Sunset summits are great.
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vonmackle wrote:
kimo wrote:The sun sets on Glacier Gorge.

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Man, how did I miss this one? Great shot, Kimo. Excellent lighting on Longs, and I love the clouds.
Definitely - those clouds are a trip
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Sunset from Squaretop

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Tour of the Crystal Peak group

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Heading up the Cord

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From Upper Boy Scout Lake (Whitney)

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Nice shots everyone! There are some potential desktop wallpapers in this thread for sure. Here are a few of my favorite sunset/sunrise shots from a few years back...

Sunrise from the Loft on Longs, July 2007:
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Sunrise over Humboldt from Bear's Playground, August 2007:
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Sunrise looking east from the base of the Jamapa Glacier on Orizaba, December 2007:
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Sunrise over Pyramid from the Bell Cord, June 2008:
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Descending the Trough on Longs, November 2008:
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Sunset over Cerro Catedral from Plaza De Mulas on Aconcagua, January 2009:
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Sunrise from high up in the Bell Cord last year in July.

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Here are a couple from the Summit of Mount Bierstadt on May 20th:

Looking Over Park County into the Collegiate Peaks
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Sunset Over Grays and Torreys
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And a couple from the Elks this past weekend:

Morning Light on Capitol
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Some obscure, rarely photographed mountains whose names escape me...
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Vonmackle,

That is a great reflection shot of those obscure peaks. I've climbed a ton in Colorado and don't think I've ever seen them before... :mrgreen: Don't tell anyone where they are, or it may get really crowded in that area. HA HA!
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Thanks, Chinook. The really odd thing is that I was there on Memorial Day just before sunrise, and I was the only person at the lake. That was unexpected. Being woken up in the middle of the night by a critter chewing on my car, however, was not. I knew I should have bought those moth balls.
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Here's one of my favorite sunrise shots. Oops, and another
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Hazy sunset over ze "Heisshorn" from the west slopes of Uncompahgre Peak

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