Again from Twitter, a series of photographs of Utah’s Mount Timpanogos.
From top to bottom, it looks like a sunrise on the mountain. But Timpanogos faces west; the sun rises from behind this face. Two possible explanations. The more mundane explanation would be that the series starts with the bottom photo, progressing to the top. Shadows support that explanation.
The slightly more colorful explanation would be, as we often see here in Texas, weather moving from west to east; and in the late afternoon a cover of clouds moves far enough east that the setting sun finally is uncovered, peeking out from underneath the clouds to light the land with that wonderful golden hour sun for a few minutes, before setting.
Timpanogos, like the rock it is, sits majestically either way.
Tweet from sofiaaugustineadams (@sofiaaadams): Mountain time #timelapse #timpanogos
I Tweeted Ms. Adams (I’m presuming her name to be Sofia Augustine Adams) to ask which it is. For those who love Timpanogos, it won’t matter much.
My guess is the photo was taken from south of Orem, Utah, probably near Interstate Highway 15 which transects Utah County.
Update: Ms. Adams informs us (see comments) it is a setting sun, with the bottom photo being the first in the series. Thank you!
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Now we know — it’s a setting sun, with the first photo on the bottom. Thank you Ms. Adams.
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