More clouds than sun this morning… more wind too!!! Most would have rolled over & gone back to sleep. But they would have missed the cool waves crashing all around… including up & over the bike trail at the S-curve of Lake Shore Drive. And yes, for the record, I pedaled through and my shoes got soaked. It’s just water, right???

A warm & humid start to the day, with layered clouds brightening the sky…
and a beautiful ride down to the South Side and back.

And a fun, sunrise-watching sculpture on the South Side by Tom Friedman.

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Big sky. Big color. Big sky show.
Big panoramic photos!!!

With a ton of clouds this morning, we had a very dramatic sunrise sky show. It was warm & sweaty, but well worth it when the entire spectrum of sunrise colors evolved through the morning.

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Sure, it may have been pouring rain this morning…
but yesterday was pretty darn stunning with reflections all around.

Today, not so much.

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Sweeping clouds need sweeping panoramic photos!

Dramatic sky show this morning with lots of clouds blowing through
and waves crashing all around. Big clouds, big colors… BIG FUN!!!

And yes, this is the “scaled-down” edited collection of photos from this morning.
After the ride, I downloaded the photos from my camera and was kind of surprised when I found out that I had taken 137 photos this morning!!! You know how hard it is to edit down that far?!!! It was killing me… each sunrise shot better than the next! I’m pretty proud of myself for getting it down this far.

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Early morning sunrise from the South Side. An oversized rusty “weathervane” sculpture silhouette by Mark di Suvero.

Perhaps not the best day for a sunrise morning bike ride?…
good ride, but no sunrise!!! Plenty of clouds though…

Takes a big photo to capture a big sunrise sky show!