the Creator’s spectacular special effects at dawn
sunrise
Tagsun ghost, sun rise
Sometimes, with my face to the camera, I don’t see the surprises that are waiting for me when I get home and upload the day’s work –
like this subtle ghost of the sun watching itself rise so brilliantly a few degrees to the east.
sky halo
I sent this photo to WRAL and Mike Moss of the weather bureau was kind enough to reply with the following explanation of what I photographed at 8:06 AM this morning at the Jordan Lake dam using my iPhone 5S. The photo is not edited in any way.
“Hi Ellen, You captured a nice example of the 22-degree halo, formed by light passing through a layer of millions of tiny hexagonal ice crystals that happen to be both well-formed and more or less randomly oriented. That happens on occasion with sheets of high cirrus clouds like those passing over the area this morning.”
[the small green dot at the top of the halo is from my iPhone]
helixes
helix staircases for the hydroelectric units, Jordan Lake dam, at sunrise
doc ellen’s poem: what do you do
what do you do
when friend
hurt battered betrayed bruised
aches bone deep
swims away from your calls
.
what do you do
when friend
mute depressed angry dark
looks away
leaves once known shores and you
what do you do
when friend
haunted by other’s hate
fails to see
your heart open waiting
.
what do you do
when friend
bolts in hopeless blind flight
seeking light
comes to where your soul waits
.
you gift the gathered hope
your heart has sheltered
doc ellen's journey 