Presque Isle at 8:34 a.m.

Sunrise 2 of 365

Sunrise time:

8:34

Azimuth:

123° ↑

Did the sun rise:

Yes

Was the sun visible:

No

Location

Presque Isle, Marquette, MI

46° 34' 47" N -87° 22' 52" W

Exposure

Focal Length:

17mm

Aperture:

f/4.0

Shutter Speed:

1/160

ISO:

1600

Camera:

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Lens:

EF17-35mm f/2.8L USM

Musings

Day one, mistake one. Let the lens get fogged up almost immediately.

…

For the next six months the sun will rise roughly forty seconds earlier each day. A few questions come to mind. Can I become a morning person by training myself to wake up, thirty minutes before sunrise and forty seconds earlier each day for the next six months? Can I reduce my anxiety and stress by doing so? Can I decrease my distractions and become a little more grounded in that time?

Never have I intentionally sought the sunrise and felt like my day didn’t begin with an accomplishment.

Finally, I wonder, just how transformational can it be to intentionally watching one sunrise a year, to watching 365? It’s not impossible, and it feels as though it could change everything.

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