March 27, 2005

Sunrise

The other day I climbed a mountain at night. Now I wanted to climb the mountain at dawn to see the sunrise. I went out of the hotel at 4:40 and started to walk toward the mountaintop.

All blue before the sunrise

Because of high latitude, the sun shows up 2 to 3 hours after the sky brightens up.

A picture taken from a mountain at an altitude of 200m

Stones at the mountaintop

The temperature is -32°C
I am wearing a mask and goggles to protect against frostbite. But I have to be very careful when I breathe because the breath can escape the mask and go up to the goggles and freeze on the lens. Once it gets frozen, I have to put it inside to melt the ice and wipe up the water.

Joichi Kobayashi    


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