Sunrise

The Battle Of Shade And Sun: Monarch Butterfly Edition Introduction Under the radiant sun, we noticed that monarch butterflies may be found, basking and warming their wings in the sun's rays. Due to this fact, we began to wonder if monarch butterflies would prefer living in the sun or the shade. This led to the decision of conducting a research study on whether monarchs would prefer the shade or the sun. We measured how many monarchs were attracted to the dahlias grown in the sun, and…

The wind was a sharp whip, driving Maglor onward despite his aching feet. The sun was hidden somewhere behind gray clouds, like the day before and the day before that. It was not so terrible during the day, though. Night was worse. In the day, at least the sun could still light the ground before him, but at night, the moon and stars were swallowed up and he was forced to stumble through darkness. Eventually, it became too difficult to travel by night, and so Maglor confined his movements to the…

Imagine this - you are inside one of Earth’s beautifully crafted rainforests, engulfed in the pure serenity and unknown. You try to come in tune with your senses, first, the sounds. Telling by the sun, the forest creatures are out and about for their spiritual midday chatter. Communicating with each other in their native tongue, it leaves for a rather loud afternoon. Now, the sights. You open your eyes, immediately captivated and awestruck. Mostly all you see is various greens, tangled in the…

Both images were taken this year during Spring Break or Semana Santa, how we call it back in Nicaragua. I miss the days at the beach, the sun touches my skin, the breeze hitting me with sand, but most of all, I miss the colorful sunsets at the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua. Every time my family and I would make a trip to the beach, I would photograph the sunset and the clouds changing colors. It would be my favourite part of the beach. On that particular day of the week of Semana Santa I…

A strange day in July As Edda and Oskar crept forward onto the fickle ocean shore, the tide tickled their feet with feathers of seaweed and sand. It was a sleepy morning in Iceland, the sky was painted in shades of violets and gold. This created a horizon that softly embraced the rocky terrain of the coastline. Oskar, as an imaginative child, who marveled at the marriage of sky and land. “ I do wonder, sometimes, if we are both part of land and sky.” “ Well, we must, for we touch both…

The deep hues of the purple sky faded to a blinding orange. Only half of the setting sun could be seen above the dark and seemingly bottomless aphotic ocean. The light from the sun sent a sharp line down the calm ocean waters making the sandy beach gleam with the radiance of its color. The unmoving ocean acquired small ripples that soon turned to folding waves. The white froth washed ashore to the sandy beach, leaving only the foam outline of the waves behind as a remembrance of where the…

It was a brisk.. and breezy evening struck by twilight's magic in the evergreen forest of Kysland; the country of the enchanted forests of this strange... yet intimidating world. The twilight's moon glistened like a pearl in the sky's violet atmosphere. The shimmering and glistering stars looked like still snowflakes when a few dropped around Keira's feet. She smiled with a look of bliss, alone to herself as the other children hopped and played without a care in the world.. A moment they should…

The warm blankets on the bed just had been washed and put into the dryer. As they came out I can feel the warmness from the blanket. I lay there happily closing my eyes and listing to the rain softly hitting the floor and the window outside. As I wake up slowly I get dressed and go outside. I can’t wait to go outside because we are at our beach house in Hawaii. The beach house is located right where you can take two steps and feel the warm sand on your feet. As I go outside with my umbrella…

Lightning My grandfather, Papa Joe, always told me this old,old story of the sky people. Every time we had a family get together around the bonfire you could count on him to entertain you with stories from his past native american tribe, the Slap-da-hoes. One story that was his most exotic tale is this... “ When the sky people first arrived, they had everything they could ever need. They had enough food to last them a lifetime and they were so happy to have been given a home that they decided…

The sun wasn't even out yet, but we were up The sun wasn't even out yet, but we were up. It was hard to find a single person on the streets, but that didn't change how alive everything felt. I couldn't help but look up into the buildings towering above us, glistening with the light of daybreak. Nick and I were walking down the sidewalk at a brisk pace. We had fifteen minutes before we reached the police station, and that was in good time. The colors of dawn were just peaking over the horizon,…