{"id":1374,"date":"2012-12-21T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T23:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2012-12-21T17:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T23:41:25","slug":"solstice-sunrise-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"Solstice Sunrise Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been somewhat of a solstice tradition the past 20 years or so, to get up early, hike somewhere to watch the sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1376\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1376\" title=\"357-8279\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8279-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8279-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8279-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8279.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before sunrise, the sun reflecting off the wave cloud<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before I moved to the mountains, the solstice hike had 6-20 people attending, followed by breakfast at a local eatery.\u00a0 Now that I&#8217;m living in the mountains, the solstice hike has just me and breakfast is usually back at home.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This morning had the bonus of a wave cloud overhead, which made it very colorful.\u00a0 If I wasn&#8217;t already familiar with wave clouds and the <em>fire-in-the-sky<\/em> look, I might have thought the world was ending.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1377\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1377\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1377\" title=\"357-8282\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8282-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8282-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8282-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8282.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My footprints behind me as the snow reflects the color of the sky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The color faded once the sun was above the air pollution of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1375\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1375\" title=\"357-8309\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8309-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8309-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8309-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8309.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldora ski area upper left, Nederland lower right in the shadow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1378\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1378\" title=\"357-8306\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8306-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8306-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8306-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/357-8306.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ninja sunrise<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been somewhat of a solstice tradition the past 20 years or so, to get up early, hike somewhere to watch the sunrise. &nbsp; 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