A bigger picture for a bigger sunrise!

This morning’s sky seemed to be painted with broad brush strokes of color.
The clouds started off pretty subtle & pastel… but as the sun came up, the colors became brighter & bolder as they swept across the sky!

Yet for the third day in a row, the waves were crashing in and splashing all over the shore. Crashing waves with loud popping sounds as the water exploded like vertical geysers. And yet somehow, after two days of dark & gloomy, the brightness of today’s sunrise made the crashing waves seem somehow friendly & playful.

Darker than normal. Cloudier than normal. Windier than normal.
All the makings for another “splashy-crashy-cool” morning ride!!!
Sure, the first half was great fun. Strong tailwind. Barely pedaling.
Speeding along at like 23 mph!!! Literally being pushed by the wind.
The ride back home… not so much fun!

Take a look at the flag not flying horizontally… but UPWARDS!!!

Soon enough, my fascination with the dark clouds was replaced by all the splashing!!!

With splashing all around, the sky was taking on some moody colors as well.

And a little ray of sunshine…

Today I got a text message with an attached photo from my friend Pam. She recently had her PC rebuilt and she sent the photo to show me that she chose one of my sunrises for her screensaver! How cool is that?!… I’m “published” on someone’s computer!!!

The clouds were dark. The wind was blowing. The waves were crashing.

And there was just a tiny sliver of sky under the clouds for the sun to blaze through this morning. And it did.

Crazy cool with all of the splashing & crashing.
Possibly the most dramatic sunrise we’ve had in awhile?!

All too soon, the sun went up into the clouds and darkness set back in. At least the waves were still crashing to continue my tumultuous morning ride!

Another beautiful day on the lakefront.
Dark clouds in the early hours with big sweeping clouds as the sunrise progressed.

Once the sun go thigh enough, the beautiful orange & red colors dissipated into golden skies.

Stunning shades of saturated colors on the horizon this morning. But I especially loved the way the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel was still lit up. The way it reflected in the water almost as though it was replacing the sun?!

Soon enough the sun made it up high enough to splash beautiful colors all over the clouded sky. Plenty of cloudy canvases to paint with morning colors!

Soon enough the sun popped over the horizon as a large red ball.
The shades of pinks disappeared as the high clouds became white & wispy.

Sure, the high clouds may have been capturing everyone’s morning attention…
but the lower cloud bank wasn’t quite done showing of yet.

And sometimes, big sky & big clouds really deserve a BIG picture!

Yesterday however… was pretty darn spectacular!
The morning started out with a weird “wall of clouds.”
Seriously… like a wall of clouds encroaching on the sunrise!

Then, soon enough, that large could mass dissipated and the sky opened up with a beautiful wispy cloud formation that encouraged the sun to dance across the sky. Big clouds. Big sky. Big fun.