Selecting the “best ever” videos is a very subjective process, and in some cases we chose to also include videos which were maybe just strikingly different or simply depicted a peculiar oddity, and therefore might not actually be entirely deserving of the "best ever" category in terms of being spectacular...
. .January 17th, 2008 - Colorful Winter Sunrise (without wind noise)
The video above was modified to dub over the wind noise with music using Windows Movie Maker (see "Eliminating Video Wind Noise" on the Posts page). This process (using Windows Movie Maker) results in a noticeable loss of color (note that the wind noise and music can be blended together to tone down the noise yet make the end product still seem somewhat natural). The music is Enya's Deora Ar Mo Chroi.
.December 31st, 2007
January 2nd, 2008 - Firey Dawn
December 16th, 2007
January 25th, 2009 - "Sun River" Pastel Sunrise
January 24th, 2009 - Daybreak
January 12th, 2009
June 21st, 2009 - A Pink Summer Solstice Sunrise -- longest day of the year....
December 21st, 2008 - Winter Solstice Dawn
March 20th, 2009 - Vernal Equinox Sunrise
The dark areas on the horizon between the clouds and the ocean are torrential downpours over the gulf stream, hopefully an indicator that the "dry season" and the record breaking drought will soon end (note that March 2009 reflected ongoing weak La Niña conditions).
November 20th, 2008
November 20th, 2008
November 6th, 2008
December 19th, 2007
December 21st, 2007 - Winter Solstice Sunrise
June 12th, 2008
May 23rd, 2008 - Sunbeams after Sunrise
May 20th, 2008 - Typical Calm May Sunrise
April 12th, 2009 - Easter Sunrise with Bathing Sand Plovers
June 22nd, 2009 - Blue Monday
Yesterday's sunrise was a vivid pink and purple, today's sunrise was just as unusual with very deep blues. Note that there was a very slight breeze detected this morning (as well as at last evening's sunset), enough to deter no-see-ums but not enough to end the "becalmed" status as the big pond is still pretty flat... This day would bring not just record breaking heat, but an all time record of the highest temperature ever recorded on any day in recorded history of many Sofla locales -- 100 degrees in Fort Lauderdale, the first time ever in triple digits
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