About a week ago, I made two trips to a local hilltop viewpoint, overlooking Lake Hodges, Rancho Bernardo, Poway, and Mount Woodson. I spent about an hour there each time, watching the predawn glow of blue hour turn to gold and finally for the sun to rise. Both days provided a layer of high clouds that caught the glow and reflected in the lake and landscape. On my first trip, I was with another photographer friend, Alexander Kunz, who also got some great photos and posted here: Del Dios Highlands Dawn.
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To see more photos from this morning and the previous one click here.
On previous visits, there were low clouds on the lake and in the valley below. I was able to climb above the clouds to the lookout. You can view other posts from this location here; Sunrise at Del Dios Highlands (2019) and Sage and Sunrise (2020).
Lawrence Pallant Photography 
Wow! These are gorgeous!
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Thank you. Yes, my favorites so far this year.
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A nice set. I’m particularly fond of the third one – the color in the lake is great! The way the foreground rocks mimic the lake a little bit in the fourth one is a nice touch, and the vertical comp of the last one is really nice as well — to bad the sun will rise in a different spot in the summer when that sage is in bloom…
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Thanks for your comments. Yes, the alignment of the sun with Mt. Woodson and the lake is great right now. I wonder if the full or moon will line up at some time.
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Really like the time line of your photos!
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Thanks. We were there well before the sun actually rose.
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