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On The Road – ?BillinGlendaleCA – Sunset(and a few ringers)!

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  January 8, 20205:00 am| 28 Comments

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Good Morning, Everybody, I hope this finds us still all well as it’s just 21:25 right now as I prep this for Wednesday morning, so I have no idea of what’s happened since then. I hope nothing.

It’s never a bad idea to have a big bag of rice, one of beans/lentils, lots of appropriate spices and sugar, not to mention have some ways to collect, move, boil, filter, and store water. If things get bad, I fear losing the grid in places and figure having some non-spoiling basics like rice and beans is a good hedge for your family’s safety, no to mention the portability, health, and yum factors.

Now, let’s hope moderation and calm prevail, and let’s thank Bill for today’s timely submission. I mean it – thank you, this beauty and joy is so very needed.

 

Since my sunset picture from Leo Carrillo State Park was so well received, I thought I’d devote a whole submission to sunsets.Ā  OK, two of the pictures are not sunsets, but sunrises(the ringers).Ā  These were shot at the coast(Point Vicente and Leo Carrillo) as well as here in Glendale and at the Griffith Observatory.

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Point Vincente, Los Angeles, CAJune 30, 2019

While it was overcast onshore, the sun was able to peek though the clouds to cast a glow over the Pacific in this shot from Point Vincente in Palos Verdes.

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Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu, CAOctober 13, 2019

The golden sun rays spread across the Pacific in this shot from Point Sequit at Leo Carrillo State Park.

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Scholl Canyon, Glendale, CADecember 20, 2019

The setting sun silhouettes the skyscrapers in West LA in this shot from Scholl Canyon in Glendale. Downtown Los Angeles is visible to the left and the Hollywood Hills and Griffith Park is to the right of the setting sun.

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Scholl Canyon, Glendale, CADecember 17, 2019

The light s of Downtown LA light up as the remaining light of the sun begins to fade in this shot from Scholl Canyon in Glendale.

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Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CADecember 27, 2019

This is not a sunset, but a sunrise. The emerging light of the sun glows behind the still lit buildings of downtown LA in this shot from Griffith Observatory.

On The Road - ?BillinGlendaleCA - Sunset(and a few ringers)!
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CADecember 27, 2019

The sun rises just to the left of Saddleback in this shot from Griffith Observatory. The snow capped San Gabriels are still shadowed at the left in this shot from Griffith Observatory.

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28Comments

  1. 1.

    JPL

    January 8, 2020 at 5:07 am

    Bill, Those are beautiful.

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    Quinerly

    January 8, 2020 at 5:14 am

    Gorgeous, Bill. Thank you.

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    Baud

    January 8, 2020 at 5:17 am

    Oh my.Ā  Very nice.

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    RA

    January 8, 2020 at 5:26 am

    So beautiful. Thank you! I really needed this.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    January 8, 2020 at 5:28 am

    It’s a pity you can’t shoot the sun rising over the Pacific from California. But the sunrise over the desert photos still look great.

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    sab

    January 8, 2020 at 5:52 am

    Silly man. Its sunRISE here on US east coast.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 5:55 am

    @JPL: Thanks.

    @Quinerly: Happy ya like em.

    @Baud: Thanks.

    @RA: I guess it was good to end on the sunrise.

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    tokyocali (formerly tokyo expat)

    January 8, 2020 at 5:59 am

    While they are all stunning, I think I prefer the ocean shots best. And now I’m feeling homesick!

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 6:01 am

    @Amir Khalid: Well, it’s not sunrise over the desert, the city pretty much goes all the way to the foot of the mountain(Saddleback) where the sun is rising.

    We just get sunsets over the Pacific as God intended. //

    @sab: Yes, but Amir was very specific about the Pacific.

    (Shameless Plug…)

    Just a reminder, before pic appear here prints are available for purchase at my store(clicking on my nym also works) and if you’d like to support my picture taking my Patreon is here.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 6:02 am

    (deleted…duplicate.)

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 6:03 am

    @tokyocali (formerly tokyo expat): Hmmm, I just might have a few more of those, stay tuned!

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    Sherparick

    January 8, 2020 at 6:10 am

    Thanks Bill. You are an amazing photographer.

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    rikyrah

    January 8, 2020 at 6:18 am

    The sunsets are so beautiful ??

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 6:29 am

    @Sherparick: Thanks.

    @rikyrah: There’s a park just east of downtown and for the next few days the sun will set right behind downtown when viewed from there, I’m going to try a shot from there, clouds permitting.

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    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    January 8, 2020 at 6:40 am

    City scenes look straight outta “To Live and Die in LA”

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 6:47 am

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: I’ve not seen the film, I just drive on LA’s freeways.

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    RA

    January 8, 2020 at 6:49 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: It released a lot of emotion I have been holding in and brought tears to my eyes.

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    satby

    January 8, 2020 at 6:51 am

    Of you think they look gorgeous online you should see them when you buy one! Gorgeous as always, Bill. Now I want to get another one, but it’s so hard to pick just one!

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    satby

    January 8, 2020 at 7:00 am

    Weird, just tried to share to FB with the widget and it says page not found. Though it’s a funny message featuring Tunch’s picture, Lily and Thurston, so worth seeing for the lols.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 7:31 am

    @RA: Glad my pics can help.Ā  The morning I took the sunrise pics, a cold storm had just past through and dumped snow at low elevations and it was a cold walk up the hill to the observatory.

    @satby: Thanks, I’ve shot some good ones in the past month.

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    Fair Economist

    January 8, 2020 at 8:00 am

    Absolutely amazing pictures.

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    arrieve

    January 8, 2020 at 9:19 am

    Beautiful, Bill. I love the colors in the Scholl Canyon shots — those are some amazing skies.

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    WaterGirl

    January 8, 2020 at 10:16 am

    @satby: Are you to try that again and send me a screen capture?

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    January 8, 2020 at 10:17 am

    Bill, these are so lovely!

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    Elizabelle

    January 8, 2020 at 10:18 am

    Thank you, Bill. I never tire of the Palos Verde peninsula or any of your LA pics. Such a spectacular place.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 8, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    @Fair Economist: Thanks.

    @arrieve: Scholl Canyon is dump, really it’s a landfill.Ā  The northern portion is no longer active and is not a golf course and the baseball fields where I took the pics.Ā  I’d been originally(and still am) looking at the location star trails, but thought I’d check out the view up there.

    @WaterGirl: Thanks.

    @Elizabelle: I’ve got some more from Palos Verdes that I’ll put in a future post.

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    Ally

    January 8, 2020 at 4:27 pm

    Those are just stunning!Ā  Really glorious.Ā  Thank you for posting.

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    Debbie(Aussie)

    January 8, 2020 at 9:09 pm

    Bill, your photography skill amazes me. Those photos are truly beautiful. And as Alain says, are a thing of joy! Thank you ?

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