Wednesday, November 28, 2007

John Muir's Sunrise


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This grand show is eternal.
It is always sunrise somewhere;
the dew is never all dried at once;
a shower is forever falling;
vapor is ever rising.

Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset,
eternal dawn and gloaming,
on sea and continents and islands,
each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.

- My First Summer in the Sierra, John Muir

(This was today's Sierra Club Daily Ray of Hope, a daily picture and sentiment using pictures users send in to the Daily Ray of Hope Group on Flickr. You can subscribe to the daily messages here. )

Something I love about this blog is the visitors list. I get visitors from all over the world, who are seeing the sun at all different times, and seem to be attracted to reading about the sun! Welcome to all of you! I'd love it if you would write a comment once in a while, so we can get in a discussion about some of these things!

Here are some of the places you all come from:

Argentina: Buenas Aires & Entre Rios
Australia: Sydney, New South Wales, Perth, Western Australia Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Brisbane, Queensland
Belgium: Lint, Antwerpen
Brazil
: Fortaleza, Mato Grosso do Sul
Canada
: Rockland, Brampton, Richmond Hill, Guelph, Orono, Mississauga, Toronto & Hamilton, Ottawa, Ontario, Saint John, New Brunswick, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Calgary, Canmore, Alberta
Denmark: Holstebro, Ringkobing, Hurup, Aalestrup, Viborg , Farsø, Nordjylland , Copenhagen,
Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo,
Germany : Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz
India: Calcutta, West Bengal
Israel Jerusalem, Yerushalayim
Italy: Milan, Lombardia, Arzano, Campania
Korea
Malaysia: Petaling Jaya, Wilayah Persekutuan
Netherlands: Enschede, Overijssel, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland
Nigeria: Lagos  
Portugal: Carnaxide & Carcavelos, Lisboa , Vila Real
Romania: Cluj-Napoca, Cluj
Spain: Barcelona, Cataluna
Sweden
: Malmö, Skåne Län, Fengersfors, Västra Gotaland
Taiwan: Taipei, T'ai-pei
United Kingdom: Thatcham, Berkshire, Guildford, Surrey, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Reigate, Surrey, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Stockport, Congleton, Cheshire, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland

United States:
Sierra Vista, Phoenix & Flagstaff, Arizona,
Little Rock, Rogers, Arkansas,
Fresno, San Jose, Hayward, Fullerton, San Bernardino, Upland, Ojai, Berkeley, Lake Elsinore, Morro Bay, Piercy, Ontario, Petaluma, Montclair, Lancaster, El Cajon, Aliso Viejo, San Francisco, Rowland Heights, Reseda, Glendale, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego Willits, Hume, Temecula, West Covina, Squaw Valley & Modesto, California,
Denver, Fort Collins & Boulder, Colorado,
Hamden, Connecticut,
Dover, Delaware,
Fernandina Beach, Lake Placid, Hudson, Land O Lakes, Clearwater, Tampa & Sarasota, Florida,
Atlanta & Jonesboro, Georgia
Honolulu, Mililani & Kahului, Hawaii,
Boise, Idaho,
Tuscola & Chicago, Illinois,
Madison, Indiana
Atkins, Iowa,
Lexington, Nicholasville, Kentucky
Lake Charles, Louisiana,
Cape Elizabeth, Orono, Topsham, Morrill, Kennebunk, & Cumberland Center, Maine,
Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Ellicott City, Bethesda & Burtonsville, Maryland,
Avon, Boston, Cambridge, Acton, Rowley, Haverhill, Tewksbury, West Roxbury & Waltham, Massachusetts,
Mikado, Walled Lake, Flat Rock & Brighton, Michigan,
Chaska & Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Saint Louis &Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
Clinton, Montana,
Garfield, Westville, Annandale, North Bergen, East Brunswick & Cherry Hill, New Jersey,
Nashua, Manchester & Claremont, New Hampshire,
Hempstead, Orangeburg, Ithaca, Merrick, Buffalo & Brooklyn, New York,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wilmington, Concord, Ashville, Raleigh & Fuquay Varina, North Carolina,
Fargo, North Dakota,
Columbus, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Norman, Oklahoma,
Portland, Oregon ,
Pittsburgh, Bartonsville, West Chester, Mercer, Reading, Kennett Square & Altoona, Pennsylvania,
Aiken, South Carolina
Redig, South Dakota,
Memphis, Knoxville, Johnson City, Maryville & Franklin, Tennessee,
Bedford, Houston, Austin, El Paso, Plano & McKinney, Texas,
Ludlow, Richmond, Jericho & Waterbury, Vermont,
Keezletown, Alexandria, Merrifield, Norfolk, Leesburg, Sterling, Radford & Suffolk, Virginia,
Mount Vernon, Bothell, Spokane, Seattle, Richland & Redmond, Washington
Washington, District of Columbia
Weirton, West Virginia
Waukesha, Kenosha & Mukwonago, Wisconsin
(I keep adding to the list - I think this is fascinating!)

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