Snow and Light at St Margarets Bay


These are some photos I took of the sun on the new snow at St Margarets Bay on 7th February. Last year at this time I had only just returned from a trip to Cyprus

Sunrise over the South Foreland
Sunrise over the South Foreland

The sunrises this winter have been particularly rich.  The pinkt-red ligth soon turns to a deep golden yellow. 

Early sunlight
Early sunlight

Later I went out for a walk.  A crisp North Easterly was blowing down the North Sea from Norway and Sweden.  

South Foreland Lighthouse
South Foreland Lighthouse

The sunlight off the snow was inense and exhilerating, the dead heads of the downland plants reminding me of Elizabeth Blackadder's paintings. 

Windmill Down
Windmill Down

The houses down in the bay and the  Prussian Blue sea high up the beach for spring tides. 

Floating on air
Floating on air

The wind had developed a bit of a swell that came crashing coldly onto the shingle. 

Snow on shingle
Snow on shingle

The cliffs catching the sun against a sky that can't have been that blue, can it?  

Three colours white
Three colours white

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