What an awesome sunrise ...

[Mister Squiggle]

Did any other Orgers here in the far north this morning notice the absolutely amazing orange light as the sun came up? It's only just faded, but the whole of our house was lit up by the most awesome glow ... unfortunately my digital camera was out of batteries, but perhaps someone else captured it?? Magic stuff, or is it a sign of poor weather to come?

[changilass]

It was like a scene out of war of the worlds with the red glow, seriously wierd, but very pretty.

[candyfloss]

The same here in Wick, everything was orange, i can't remember seeing it like that before, very pretty :D

[octane]

I saw it too, it was quite a funky glow outside

[sam]

It was amazing i have never seen it like that before, I even managed to get a few pics:D

[Ash]

it looked wonderful, when i got up it was pitch black then the wee one came through to my bedroom as was amazed by the sky:D

[jm.mack]

Saw this over Stainland this morning, what an array of colours as well as saw lovely cloud formations.

Almost worth getting up for............

[Lavenderblue2]

Yes, this morning’s sunrise was magnificent - seeing it from the beginning just after seven am and evolve into a blaze of glory was breathtaking!

LB :)

[hotrod4]

I seen it too I thought It was awesome.At 7;45 it was balck but by 8 it was,as my daughter described "dad its pink!!"
It was really weird think it may have something to do with their supposed to be a massive full moon last night,though never seen it as it was pitch black!!

Be interesting to see some pics as my mermory card was playing up :(

[grandma]

The cloud formation was amazing. It felt like there was a golden ceiling above us as I drove to work. I remember being on holiday once and taking a bus trip and everyone was ooh-ing and ah-ing at the lovely sunset but to be honest it wasn't a patch on an ordinary Caithness sunset or sunrise. We have some really amazing ones.

[Ricco]

I suspect that the misfortune of the Californians may have something to do with the sunrise. The smoke particles will be making for some spectacular sunrises and sunsets for a few days.

[Julia]

It was really weird and surreal, I found it just a bit creepy. Everything had a yellow tint.

[grumpyhippo]

Thurso at 0800 this morning.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/sunrise.jpg

[Thumper]

Great pic grumpy hippo!Wouldn't it be great if we had a sunset like that on halloween?It would make the kids night :) x

[ashaw1]

Thurso at 0800 this morning.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/sunrise.jpg
It was really weird, almost seemed dark and light at the same time.
Great photo!

[girnigoe]

Wow Grumpyhippo. Thats a great picture!!

[canuck]

Awesome! Thanks grumpyhippo.

[highlander]

Grumpyhippo can you tell me how you took that picture, i saw it at 7am, tried it with my camera on auto setting, got a black screen, so then set it to night settings, all i got was a nice red line with a few house lights, what am i doing wrong?

[Bobinovich]

Beautifully captured Grumpyhippo - the formation and colouring were both intense and breathtaking.

[grumpyhippo]

Grumpyhippo can you tell me how you took that picture, i saw it at 7am, tried it with my camera on auto setting, got a black screen, so then set it to night settings, all i got was a nice red line with a few house lights, what am i doing wrong?

I took it on aperture priority on 100 asa but the exposure is automatic. It sounds as though your camera was trying to under expose your picture. Try pointing your camera at a dark area as you gently squeeze the button and hold the button down as you reframe the shot. For most cameras this will 'force' the exposure for the darker areas. It usually takes a bit of trial and error to get it right but give it go, let me know how you get on.
The picture above is a panorama of 4 frames merged together but other than convert from RAW to jpeg there was no processing at all.
For a while the light was very unusual and then towards 9 o'clock it changed back into the normal Caithness grey.
Even the sheep seemed confused by it all.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/DSC_0009a-1.jpg

[Mister Squiggle]

Good point, Ricco - I hadn't considered whether the ash and smoke from California might have contributed to the colour. I can remember when Mount Pinatubo (sp?) in Indonesia erupted, in Australia we had magnificent sunrises and sunsets for quite a while afterwards.
I saw some images on the NASA website this week of the smoke from the fires in California - they released an incredible amount into the atmosphere, judging by the photos.
Perhaps some of our weather/science boffins might be able to add to this?

[NLP]

great photos, the sunrise was a bit spooky but very nice

[scorrie]

Thurso at 0800 this morning.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/sunrise.jpg

Has anyone checked that Dounreay's still there? ;)

[changilass]

Yup its still there Scorrie, hubby saw the sunrise from there having just finished a night shift

[johno]

two nice pic,s grumpyhippo thank,s for sharing them..

[floyed]

I saw it to got the bairn in his pj's and trainers to see it he said it looked like candy floss:D great pictures to!!

[hap]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2028/picture004nw5.jpg

[johno]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2028/picture004nw5.jpg Hap, that,s another great pic. look,s like i gotta get up earlier,

[hap]

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6431/picture007xl4.jpg

[hap]

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/493/picture014jo7.jpg

[Andrew C]

Felt as if we'd been tangoed!

[balto]

what an amazing sight the sky was this morning never seen anything like it i am a great believer in the saying Red sky at night shepards delight Red sky in the morning shepards warning. well if this is truly the case i am dreading what the weather has in store for us.

[nanoo]

I thought i was imagining things myself, so i rose and looked out the bedroom window and it was amazing. I've never seen the sky so orange before. My other half slept right through it. The pictures posted are beautiful by the way and the one over Thurso was just like Wick this morning as well.;)

[quirbal]

Great pictures. Best sunrise I've seen in a while.

[cuddlepop]

Looks like that was some site you woke up to this morning.
What lovely photo's
I love grumpy's sheep picture,it looks awesome.:D

It was very wet and windy here this morning on the north west maybe thats whats blowing your way.;)

[wifie]

Fabulous pictures guys! It has been grey and minging here for what seems like ages. Thanks for sharing your golden glow!

[Ricco]

These are truely awesome photos. I wish we had been able to see something here. :eek:

[scorrie]

Felt as if we'd been tangoed!

Yes, I haven't seen such a warm, orange glow since Ibrox last Saturday ;)

[golach]

Weel done the photographers 'o the Org, I cannot express my admiration enough

[Ricco]

This morning we got a tiny amount of peach colour as the sun came up - didn't even bother getting the camera out.:~(

[Anne x]

Lovely pics keep them coming