This feels monumental, exciting, almost emotional. Today I am publishing photographs to this website for the first time since December 31, 2019. That day was monumental in its own right, as I completed my New Year’s resolution of photographing every sunrise of the year. I guess I forgot to stop.
This website required a massive overhaul of code to accommodate much more than was ever intended. For my fellow developer nerds, I’ll write about that in detail later on.
2020 was a year where so much changed, for me and for everyone. Early in the year I had lost my business partner who had moved out of town. Shortly after that, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country and my shop was forced to close for three months. With short notice, I also had to find a new place to live. While navigating all this on my own, sunrise gave me something positive to focus on. It was my place of solitude and reflection through the murder of George Floyd and the political upheaval through the 2020 election cycle.
To look back on these photos now is an emotional journey back to 2020. By some measure, I took several steps backward, through a long and daunting process of languishing, which I am still fighting my way back from.
It’s good to be publishing again, and I’m reminded of the beauty I experienced through the struggle of it all.
- Date:
- January 3, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 8:35 a.m.
- Location:
- Clark Lambros Park
- Felt like:
- 28 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 368 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Nope
- Date:
- February 26, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 7:36 a.m.
- Location:
- Presque Isle Breakwall
- Felt like:
- 23 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 422 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Nah
- Date:
- March 14, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 8:04 a.m.
- Location:
- McCarty's Cove
- Felt like:
- 23 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 439 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - No
- Date:
- April 24, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 6:45 a.m.
- Location:
- Shiras Park
- Felt like:
- 29 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 480 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - True
- Date:
- May 19, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 6:10 a.m.
- Location:
- Shiras Park
- Felt like:
- 44 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 505 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - False
- Date:
- June 8, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 5:56 a.m.
- Location:
- Presque Isle
- Felt like:
- 50 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 525 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Eventually
- Date:
- July 10, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 6:07 a.m.
- Location:
- Shiras Park
- Felt like:
- 67 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 557 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - LOL
- Date:
- August 27, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 7:03 a.m.
- Location:
- Shiras Park
- Felt like:
- 67 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 605 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Nope
- Date:
- September 19, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 7:33 a.m.
- Location:
- Shiras Park
- Felt like:
- 46 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 628 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Nope
- Date:
- October 4, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 7:52 a.m.
- Location:
- McCarty's Cove
- Felt like:
- 43 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 643 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Mmhmm
- Date:
- November 24, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 8:04 a.m.
- Location:
- Clark Lambros Park
- Felt like:
- 22 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 694 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Notta
- Date:
- December 19, 2020
- Sunrise:
- 8:29 a.m.
- Location:
- McCarty's Cove
- Felt like:
- 30 ºF
- Sunrise:
- 719 of 365
- Was the
sun visible: - Nope