2am sunrise

The night before last I was fortunate enough to be awake to witness one of the prettiest sunrises we have had since winter. The sun now starts to rise at around 1:45am and is completely up at around 3am. The blowing snow created the illusion that the ice was on fire. Sadly the same wind that causes this beautiful phenomenon  also meant that going outside to take pictures would not be a good idea, so I spent the early hours of the morning lying in the upstairs lab, taking pictures through the window - not exactly my idea of a romantic sunrise, but still awesome..