The Pilbara - pre-start sunrise

August 20, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

 

I'm heading back to the Pilbara next week.  As I will be driving past this site, I thought I would repost this photograph from 2013.

 


 

Story behind the photo

 

The image was taken during pre-start meetings at a construction project in The Pilbara, Western Australia.

 

This particular morning there was cloud cover, except on the horizon to the east.

 

At sunrise, the suns rays illuminated the iron ore spoil to the west of the construction site turning it a beautiful shade of orange.  A few seconds later; the sun disappeared behind the clouds for the rest of the day.

 

D700, 17-35mm f2.8, 1/200th at f4, ISO 800

 

June 2013


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