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Ocean City Sunrise

sunrise ocean city
On Monday morning I woke up my daughter early, and we headed from our hotel room to the beach a block away in Ocean City, New Jersey.

sunrise ocean city beach
She took her iPad, and I took photos with both my Canon Rebel camera and my Samsung Galaxy 4 phone. It was a fun morning to view the skies. The day before had been rainy – I think that helped with the drama of the skies. The top photo was taken a few minutes before the lower one. It’s fun to watch the skies gradually change.

We tried the same experiment two days later, but my daughter was much more tired and the skies not as dramatic. I would love to photograph Ocean City sunrise again sometime. If you get all the variables right, waking up for sunrise on a beach can be wonderful.

ocean city with ferris wheel
There are lots of amusements on the boardwalk in Ocean City. We went on two different Ferris wheels, one time at night. But there is no liquor sold – it’s a dry town, so lots of families come. I took the Ferris wheel sunrise photo before the top two sunrise on the beach photos.

For more skies, visit Skywatch Friday.

HansHB says

Nice and colourful sky-photos!

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Eileen says

Gorgeous sunrise, Leora ! The colors are lovely! Happy Skywatching and have a great weekend!

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Hannah says

You have just reminded me of Skywatch Friday! Beautiful scenes.

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Jim says

These are beautiful.

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Chris-June says

stunning sky photos! very beautiful colors!

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Bev says

What gorgeous skies! I wish I was more of a morning person - sunrises can be spectacular = like yours

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Leora says

And at night time I wish I were more awake! I'm often the first to go to sleep in my family.

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Ramblingwoods says

Oh the colors are beautiful.... I prefer not to be around people drinking.... Michelle

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Leora says

It seems like on the Jersey Shore you have to know where to go and what to avoid. My husband did good research for this vacation.

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Lorri M. says

What stunning sunrise photographs. The colors are so vivid!

Dry towns are nice!

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Carver says

That's a gorgeous sunrise.

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Rajesh says

Glorious early morning views of the beach.

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Laura says

Gorgeous photos. I hope your vacation was great.

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Leora says

Sunrise was the highlight for me. For my daughter, it was visiting the Humane Society and petting the cats. She could have spent her whole vacation doing that.

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Laura says

Sounds like my daughter!

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DeniseinVA says

What a lovely sunrise Leora, beautiful photos!

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Irene Photography says

Lovely sunset shots .... amazing colors!

Irene

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Indrani says

Beautiful start for the day!

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Jeri says

The red in the first one is so dramatic. It's been at least a year since I took any sunrise photos, but I did get some great sunset photos last spring outside of Charleston.

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Linda W says

Marvelous! Sunrise on the Atlantic is a special time.

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Peter B says

An absolutely stunning sky!!

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Pearl Maple says

fabulous colors in your sky this week, thanks for sharing with sky watch Friday

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Laura Hegfield says

So beautiful Leora... my photos this week were from Assateague Island, right near where we stay for a week each summer in OC MD ;-) Shavua tov!

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Leora says

Laura, we talked about visiting Ocean City, MD as well - my family seems to like going to a new place each summer.

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Kalyan says

simply beautifully captured shot...lovely

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Annika says

Love the sunrise at the sea. Early morning perfect skywatch :-)

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