Taranaki At Dawn
With some fresh snow falling overnight and what like like a clear cold winter morning I headed out to Otaraoa Rd to see if I could get some dawn shots of Taranaki catching the first light from the morning sun.
Unfortunately, though the mountain was clear, there was too much cloud on th eastern horizon lrgely obscuring the sunrise though it do break through briefly and illuminate the summit before disappearing behind the cloud. The temperature was 3degC, so not quite cold enough for a frost but plenty cold enough to freeze my fingers since i forgot to take any gloves.
This shot was from Otaraoa Rd about 30 minutes before sunrise - (long exposure from a tripod)
This shot was from Foremans rd with the summit just lit briefly by the sun as it broke through the cloud.
This shot is from Otaraoa Rd taken through a gap in the mist that was swirling about and rising up from the Waitara river.
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