Bronze Morning

The sun burns through summer morning haze. It's the Bronze Age in Knoxville.

Early Birds

A flock of birds dots a lavender sky at sunrise. You can barely see a pale crescent moon to the right. Do you think any of these birds will get the worm?

Frosty Sunrise

And now for a little twist on yesterday's macro: I can see the sun rise through the prism of frost on the window of my truck.
More skies at Sky Watch. Go. It's worth the trip.

Orangina

This orange sky greeted me as I rolled into the parking lot at work early one morning in November. You can also see the Smoky Mountains in silhouette peeking over the treeline.
Now go peek at some other fabulous skies at Sky Watch.

Rising

There's nothing like a beautiful sunrise to life one's spirits.
And if this doesn't cure what ails you, check out Sky Watch for a big dose of beautiful.

Grackle Redux

The sunrise gently colors the sky over Knoxville to reveal ... more grackles. What a surprise.

Work is crazy busy so I'm leaving you with few words and more birds.

Orange Crush

Knoxville sits in a bowl of a valley surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains to the south, the Cumberland Mountains to the north, and the Cumberland Plateau to the west. Not much air circulates, so in times of calm weather, we're enveloped in a soupy miasma of carbon particulate pollution, kind of like Los Angeles but without the palm trees and movie stars. All those particles do create some dramatic skies, like this sunrise from last week.

Happily, rain and wind have cleared the air for our upcoming Labor Day long weekend.

More skies are available at Sky Watch Friday. They'll take your breath away (without the hinderance of carbon particles).

Rollerball

At 7 a.m. the sun looks like it's going to roll straight down Clinch Avenue and come to a gentle bumping halt at my feet. Unless a delivery truck runs me over first.

You want skies? You got 'em if you want 'em at Sky Watch Friday. Go! Now!

Sky Watch Sunrise

I can't say I'm up before the sun, at least not during summer. But I do catch a few nice sunrises during my morning walk.

If you'd like to see more skies than you ever dreamed possible, come visit the brand new home of Sky Watch.  Be sure to thank Tom and the Sky Watch team for a job well done.