A mostly sleepless night at the conference hotel, while still trying to adjust my cycle off a set of night shifts, led to later delirium during the conference, but an appreciative opportunity to view an Atlantic Ocean sunrise to start the day. The cool, autumn morning had few beach walkers and sunrise watchers, so there was no real competition for a view that included strands of scuddy altocumulus clouds. It made me think of my first photo of an Atlantic sunrise, a slide shot while fishing near Miami almost 35 years before, and just over a month after the start of an operational meteorology career that was about to finish a few months after this shot. And what a nice, peaceful view this was…so serene indeed, that thinking about it made me nearly fall asleep multiple times throughout the day in conference presentations!
Virginia Beach VA (23 Oct 24) Looking ESE
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