Orange County, CA Sunrise


(Orange County, CA, Photograph (c) Tiner).

I've photographed countless sunsets, but I can still count the amount of sunrises I've captured on one hand. This morning, I was fortunate to capture this moment as the sun is slowly escalating over Saddleback Mountain.

I enjoy the perspective, because it conveys the natural terrain of Orange County, CA: a landscape that is continually shrinking as the population exponentially increases.

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