LOL, that can be a useful tool except that my house sits kind of low in the neighborhood surrounded by quite a few large trees and a view of the horizon in the dark is only a mile or less away. With some of my favorite foreground destinations being 50 miles away, the "look up" method is a little less reliable for my purposes especially here on the plains where the horizen with great colors can be 30 to 40miles away or more.

Since I have asked about sunrises and sunsets, here are a few of the most recent sunset pictures I took on the 20th of this month. I have hundreds of these dating back a couple of years and with many foregrounds in the event anyone is looking for something specific to use for a project.

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Thanks for the link. That's an interesting read and I think I'm going to give the susettwx a try. I did notice in the review, however, Mr. Peltier only addressed sunsets and said nothing about sunrise predictions.

If anyone has any further information on predicting sunrises; I'd love to hear about it.

I shoot a lot of sunsets here in the Texas Panhandle. We are fortunate to have some of the best in the world here. So much so that many movie studios have come here to capture sunsets for that proverbial ride into it. My question for all though is this; is there a reliable and accurate source for predicting a good sunrise for what-ever area you choose? Sunsets are fairly easy to see coming and hour or two ahead of the actual occurrence but sunrises are much more difficult since you cannot see it coming until it is already happening. I cannot count how many times I've set out early in the morning hoping to get good shots of a stunning sunrise only to be disappointed in the outcome with few to no clouds or so many clouds the sun is totally obliterated.

Thank you for starting this thread. It has given me new things to look for when traveling; especially when on a bike or the Spyder.

great feedback so far, thanks everyone! keep it coming.

I am about to embark on a business using some of my photography work as part of another product. I'm looking for a printer that will do up to 8 x 10 (maybe larger) and will deliver good quality prints in both glossy and matte finishes but won't break the bank.

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advise me on the best places to get prints made at reasonable prices if you think that will be more cost efficient considering the cost of printer, paper, ink/toner.

In the beginning, my products will use primarily sunrise and sunset pictures I have taken, but may evolve into other subjects. I am attaching just a few of the early considerations for the launch.

and these are from a bike trip Memorial weekend. The "Border Queen" is in Caldwell, KS. The rest are in Kingfisher, OK.

two more from yesterday in Matador, Tx

two found in Quitaque, Tx yesterday

Here's one from McLean Tx. from a ride 6/21.

We spent a day in Arches National Park in October. It's amazing how the mind works when seeing images in rock formations.

nice picture.

That really is a sad testament to current human nature. Those old carvings should never be defaced like that. I wish the person who did that gets their just due when KARMA comes to visit.

Nice shots otherwise. Where were those taken? We shot a few similar ones when on vacation in October at Newspaper Rock in Canyonlands NP and some more in Painted Desert.

Found another one in Turkey Texas on a Spyder ride yesterday.

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Ah, that splains a lot then, I didn't see where she noted which train, hence my confusion. Although our narrator did say the length of their train sometimes varies.