Sunrise, Sunset, Sea of Cortez

Stuart

Stuart

Aye carumba!!!
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Those are all beautiful. I've included my personal "best-ever" shot below. It was as the sun was going down in San Carlos. One of the most dramatic sunsets I've ever seen. The sky looked like it was on fire.

Something else to see that should be on everyone's "bucket list" is the Sea of Cortez in the middle of the night. I spent the night 50 miles out a couple years ago. Turned off all the lights on the boat. The stars were just fantastic and after a few minutes, you could see by the starlight alone. The moon was not out that night. To the east, I could see a faint glow on the horizon that is Penasco. To the west, another faint glow that is San Felipe. Soon you experience near veritgo. As you look in the water, there are millions of small creatures flashing off and on and twinkling. Above you, the stars, clearer than you've ever seen them. As you look out across the sea, you cannot tell where the water ends and the sky begins. It was a wonderful experience!

 
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trade

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I have lived here all my life so have seen a lot of beautiful sun rise/sets but this has to be the best! This is a print that would sell! As we like to say "Great job God!"
 
La Huerita

La Huerita

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Wow Stuart! That picture and your description of a night on the Sea of Cortez just blow me away! Thanks gazillions! Wonderful!

I remember back in the late 80's I was living at Cabo Bello, outside of Cabo San Lucas, just as the town was beginning to build up. It was dark like that then at Cabo Bello, no light pollution to speak of, and one night/morning, probably about 4AM or so, I was having a cup of coffee on the patio enjoying the sight of the Milky Way and listening to the lapping of waves not too far away. And then a cruise ship appeared out of the darkness, moving toward the harbor in Cabo. It wasn't making a sound that I could hear, silent as a ghost, and lit up like a Christmas tree. The reflections in the water twinkled and flashed, and as you described it was so dark you couldn't tell where the water stopped and the sky began. So it looked like the ship was sailing down out of the sky. It was an eerie and beautiful sight, a bit disorienting, and it still gives me chicken skin when I think of it.

I love such dark nights, watching the movement of the stars, the occasional meteor, the quiet... Rocky Point should start an Astronomy Club...

Have you seen how lovely the dawn sky has been the last couple of mornings? The moon, Venus, Mars, Aldebaran-- the Big W-- Jupiter? Worth getting up early for, no matter where you live in the northern hemisphere. http://rptides.blogspot.com/2009/07/morning-stargazing-in-puerto-penasco.html
 
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