Sunrise over Lion's Bay

I put the kayak in at Lions bay this morning just before sunrise. I wanted to get a picture of the sun rising above the Lions. It was just off centre. The sun rose on the horison right about Mount Strachan on Cypress.

Mount Baker Revisited

Sunrise behind Mount Baker July 29 2010. Now that's what I'm talking about. Here are a few more:

Sunrise

Sunrise this morning on the way to work.
Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eF0GxA9bd8

Vancouver's Cove

Yesterday morning's sunrise. Obviously, east of Ambleside and the Lion's Gate bridge is the Burrard Inlet which leads to Deep Cove and Bella Carra. Great places to kayak. Yet I've always thought of Vancouver being a coastal city with the beaches bordering the vast pacific ocean with Japan in the far distance. Although this image is true, between us and Japan is Vancouver Island.

When you watch the sunset at Whitecliff you see it set behind Bowen Island. From Ambleside you look across the Burrard Inlet to Stanley Park. Yet there is another place in West Van that has a small seawall just west of Ambleside. From here Vancouver looks like a small cove. You can see the mountains on Vancouver Island in the distance. This is the view west of Stanley Park from Cypress lookout:



This is the same view a bit further up from Brockton Point on Mount Seymour:



This is another view from Brockton Point zooming in over Vancouver clearly showing the Mountains on the Gulf Islands and on Vancouver Island in the Background:



I never clued in before but even the view of the ocean from Whiterock. You can clearly see the mountains on the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Islands. The same with Birch Bay in the States. This coast is protected by Vancouver Island.

From a Distance

From a distance, the world doesn't look so bad so it doesn't. Mother Teresa was right. Behind the dark clouds, the sun is still shining. Today's sunrise over Vancouver with Mount Baker in the background.



Below is the view of Vancouver and Black Mountain from Mount Strachan on Cypress tonight. Shortly before I crash landed on my head in the ice as I tripped when I hit a patch of slow snow. It's all good so it is.

The Peak of Inversion

Well it looks like the inversion has reached it's peak. It started in the morning and lasted all day. I remember a similar day last year in December. I was on the gondola heading up Grouse and the announced the temperature. Everyone cheered. It was really warm. Like spring skiing conditions. People were skiing and snowshoeing in T-Shirts. It was warmer on the mountain than it was in the city.



Today was one of those days. Warmer on the mountain than it was in the city. Seeing the rising sun light up the trees was awesome. The snow was perfect. Come afternoon the low clouds were still hanging around. You can see UBC on the left and the mountain range on the right is Vancouver Island with a sea of clouds in the foreground.



Here is Vancouver in the clouds. You can see the tips of Lion's Gate Bridge peaking through the clouds. I had a great shot of a few towers peaking through the clouds in the morning but it wasn't in focus. There were tons of people out taking pictures.

Christmas Morning

Inversion is still on. I couldn't believe how many people were taking pictures of the sunrise this morning from Cypress lookout. It's Christmas morning.

Sunset was even more packed. You couldn't get a parking spot. I was really surprised to see how many people went to the mountain today for Christmas. I was gonna take my kids there myself if I didn't have to work.

It's the best way to have a white Christmas in the city.

Sunrise Sunset

Today's sunrise over Vancouver.
Followed by today's sunset over Vancouver.

Sunset Third Beach

I put in at Third Beach tonight just before sunset. Paddled around Siwash Rock. My father used to read me all the first Nation legends about Siwash Rock and the Sisters as recorded by Pauline Johnston.

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The Pauling Johnston memorial is at Third Beach. My father used to try and take a picture of it right when them sun was shining on it. As I got there tonight the sun was shining on it through the trees.

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The sunsets at third Beach are just as nice as at Whitecliff. The key is to wait an hour after the sun drops below the horizon. The longer you wait the more radiant the orange sky becomes. Last night on the way home from Whitecliff the sky was fire orange behind harbour center and downtown as we drove over the second narrows. Tonight the sky lit up again in dark orange.

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As I contemplate the horrendous greed and tyranny of the likes of Darren Entwistle and others the words "Envy not the oppressor and choose none of his ways" comes to mind. Just be glad you're not him. He does not exist in your world.