Sunrise or sunset?

[sprinks]

Haha, but you could just set the alarm for 5 minutes before sunrise, right? Can't say I don't find it impressive, staying up all the way through the night just to see the sunrise, the zeal in you! :P

Well with daylight savings things are all over the place. Thankfully that ends soon. Also, by the time I'm already up to about 12 am - 1 am each night at the earliest, if I have to get up between 5 and 6 am to watch it rise, plus a bit earlier, well I don't really have the energy to get up at that time, because I'm about half way through the amount of sleep I need. Therefore it is easier to stay up, watch it, and then sleep for a while.



Lovely photo Dori that looks amazing.


I can understand why most say sunset. I guess one of the reasons I prefer the sunrise because to me it marks a new day; light shines onto a new day with new possibilties, stripping the darkness away. I especially love the sunrise on the first day of the year. I'm up more often through the night anywho, but sunrise just has more, well, symbolic meaning to me I guess.

[jon1jt]

Sunset. I'm not a morning person.

[kasie]

BrianB - it's time you got out of London!

My house here in south-west Wales is orientated east-west. At the back I look east out over the estuary, only a field and some woods falling away down the hillside between me and the river. The sunrises are spectacular at any time of the year. At this time of the year, the suns rises late over the old farm buildings to the southeast and gilds Dylan Thomas' 'ugly, lovely' city of Swansea and the edge of the Gower to the far right edge of my view. These last few mornings it has been frosty and the whole scene has glistened in a ruby glow - even the estuary has had ice glinting among the reedbeds. In the spring and autumn, the sun rises directly ahead and when the tide is high fills the whole expanse with a dazzling sheet of light reflected off the water. In high summer, the sun rises over the hills, the foothills of the Brecon Beacons to the north-east, the sky is light and the hills are in silhouette until the moment the sun edges over the crest and it is too bright to look that way for long. It wasn't until I lived here that I appreciated how far apart 'east' in relation to sunrise can be.

Sunset? - All I get is the glow in the sky over the hill at the front of the house. What I really like is the gentle light of false dawn before sunrise and the lingering twilight we get in these latitudes, longer and longer the further north you go, still light at nearly eleven in West Scotland in high summer.

[Emil Miller]

BrianB - it's time you got out of London!

My house here in south-west Wales is orientated east-west. At the back I look east out over the estuary, only a field and some woods falling away down the hillside between me and the river. The sunrises are spectacular at any time of the year. At this time of the year, the suns rises late over the old farm buildings to the southeast and gilds Dylan Thomas' 'ugly, lovely' city of Swansea and the edge of the Gower to the far right edge of my view. These last few mornings it has been frosty and the whole scene has glistened in a ruby glow - even the estuary has had ice glinting among the reedbeds. In the spring and autumn, the sun rises directly ahead and when the tide is high fills the whole expanse with a dazzling sheet of light reflected off the water. In high summer, the sun rises over the hills, the foothills of the Brecon Beacons to the north-east, the sky is light and the hills are in silhouette until the moment the sun edges over the crest and it is too bright to look that way for long. It wasn't until I lived here that I appreciated how far apart 'east' in relation to sunrise can be.

Sunset? - All I get is the glow in the sky over the hill at the front of the house. What I really like is the gentle light of false dawn before sunrise and the lingering twilight we get in these latitudes, longer and longer the further north you go, still light at nearly eleven in West Scotland in high summer.

Well, it's not a case of getting out of London so much as getting out of bed. I tend to go to bed late and sleep late, my favourite time for sleeping being between 6 am-10am, so there would be little chance of my seeing sunrise wherever I lived.

[LostPrincess13]

I voted for both. The sunrise gives me the feeling of hope, of a new day. I always catch my breath whenever I get the chance to see it. The sunset on the other hand, makes me feel grateful for another day added to my life; it makes me appreciate every moment.

sounds cliche, i know... but it's true...

[Joreads]

Sunrise I am a morning person 5:15am start every day

[Virgil]

I voted for both. A rare wishy-washy moment for me. I'm definitely a morning person, I love it when the sun rises, and philosophically I'm an optimist and look forward to conquoring the new day, but I have to admit that there is more color and beauty in a sunset, at least around here.

[SleepyWitch]

I voted sunrise. I do like sunsets alright. But come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I actively watched one. I mean, I guess I kinda notice when the sun goes down. E.g. it gets dark and stuff, which can be very inconvenient
I stayed up a couple of nights during the summer semester this (last) year, so I had a chance to watch a couple of sunrises. I like sunrises in the summer, when the sky is really blue with no clouds and everything looks crisp and new and the air is fresh and cool but you know it's going to be a hot day. I like getting up early in summer (and staying up late, too). But in winter I'm like a bear, I don't want to get up at all.
Thanks for this thread sprinks, it reminds me I should stay out with a nice drink and watch the sun set next summer.
edit to add: sunsets are OK, too. So I suppose I should have voted both/either. But then, I don't reeeaaally like all those cheesy colours. My hubby loves sunsets.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Sunrise I am a morning person 5:15am start every day

That's a real hour of the day? I thought it was only a myth...though sometimes that's not long after I go to bed...

[Emil Miller]

I voted sunrise. I do like sunsets alright. But come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I actively watched one. I mean, I guess I kinda notice when the sun goes down. E.g. it gets dark and stuff, which can be very inconvenient
I stayed up a couple of nights during the summer semester this (last) year, so I had a chance to watch a couple of sunrises. I like sunrises in the summer, when the sky is really blue with no clouds and everything looks crisp and new and the air is fresh and cool but you know it's going to be a hot day. I like getting up early in summer (and staying up late, too). But in winter I'm like a bear, I don't want to get up at all.
Thanks for this thread sprinks, it reminds me I should stay out with a nice drink and watch the sun set next summer.
edit to add: sunsets are OK, too. So I suppose I should have voted both/either. But then, I don't reeeaaally like all those cheesy colours. My hubby loves sunsets.

When I lived in Nuremberg in the 1970s I was usually late getting up and running for the tram in Kirchenstrasse at six in the morning. At that stage I had no time to think of sunrise or anything else. Perhaps I shouldn't have spent so much time in Munich during the weekends.

[Virgil]

That's a real hour of the day? I thought it was only a myth...though sometimes that's not long after I go to bed...

I get up at 4:40 AM, showered, dressed, and out the door at 5:35 AM. I have about an hour commute to work, and my work day starts at 6:45 AM.

[kilted exile]

Ah, to be back at college where 5 in the a.m meant a good night out instead of the beginning of a long day.......

[Joreads]

That's a real hour of the day? I thought it was only a myth...though sometimes that's not long after I go to bed...

Sure is that is why I am in bed early usually by 9:30pm. I walk every morning and I have to be at work by 8am. I love the mornings

[papayahed]

I like both but sunrise edges out sunsets by a slim margin. Sunrise is crisp and clean - the start of something new and fresh! (ok that sounds geeky) The past couple of months I've been meaning to take my camera to work to get some pictures of the sunrise. It's pretty spectacular around here, especially lately we've been getting fog in the morning which creates the coolest sunrises.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Ah, to be back at college where 5 in the a.m meant a good night out instead of the beginning of a long day.......

Sometimes, yes, but I tend to stay up later in the nights I stay in...

the only time I would get up that early was for horse shows when I had to have the horse on the trailer by 5:30am.