Beautiful Winter Sunrise

Yesterday was an interesting day weather-wise. Dark clouds were looming in the west but the east was bright orange and pink. I didn't take an umbrella as I thought I'd miss any rain and it would be dry by the time I left work. Just after I took the photos below I noticed a rainbow to the west. It began to rain just before the bus arrived at my stop but it wasn't heavy enough to worry anybody. However later in the morning it poured although Perth only received 4.8mm officially. When we went for a lunchtime walk there were ducks in the parkland area wading in water that was lying around. It had been a heavy shower but I need to keep in mind that the land level is only about 1m above the nearby Swan River so drainage isn't great. And it did rain later on the way home. Very contrasting weather.

Beautiful winter sunrise

Very bright morning before the rain

This photo doesn't do the scene justice as there was high level cloud above another well formed cloud which looked very strange indeed.

Winter Sunrises

Ok, not all the pics were taken in winter. One of them is from May which, for us Southern Hemisphere dwellers, is still autumn. But I thought that I'd share a few of the recent sunrises that I have experienced.

Sunrise May 5th 2010.

Winter Sunrise June 11th 2010.

Winter Sunrise June 11th 2010 (second shot).

Winter Sunrise June 22nd 2010.

Weird Sun Greets The Day

As I left my abode this morn I was struck by a sense of the strange. The light outside was somewhat weird. One glance at the most approximate star revealed a strange orange glow and then my sense of smell informed me that a nearby fire was responsibility for the unusual light conditions. One comandeered the best camera within near possession and photographed the item for posterity. And I thought that it might make reasonable blog material. The photo doesn't do it justice though. Almost looked like we were in a third world or heavily industrialised country overcome by pollution.

Strange glow of the morning sun

Bit of a weird feeling ensued upon the sight of this mornings sun.

Spooky, huh?

Turns out that there were a couple of bushfires south of the city responsible for the smoke and haze conditions.

ABC Online article.
WA Today article.