Southern Ocean Sunrise

Of course every day has a sunrise and a sun set and dependant on which watch you are on that day sometimes you see both. However one morning at 4.30, Haggis watch were treated to a sunrise we will all remember. It began from a triangular patch of clear orange sky on the horizon filling in slowly to the East. Above the clear was a few layers of puffy clouds and above that covering the whole sky a canopy of scalloped/cobbled clouds. The colours began as slightly orange fading to yellow in the North, as time went on the colours strengthened and the edges of the cobbled clouds were highlighted bright crimson, stronger towards the horizon. On the edges of the cobbles the orange colour was so vibrant like the burning embers of a fire. It was. So powerful a colour that if you had painted it you would need phosphorescent paint and everyone would say it looked ridiculous. Over 45 minutes the whole sky erupted in reds, oranges and yellows, filling in across the whole sky to the East and above the canopy. As the sun rose fully the colours formed into normal daylight and the spectacular dawn disappeared never to be repeated in this unique format. It was the most amazing scene and the most amazing memory. It's not often you have the time in life to stop and watch this spectacle develop over a 45 minute period and I suppose that is one advantage of where I am.