Dawn Shadows
A few days ago, I woke uncharacteristically early, and couldn't get back to sleep. It was around 5am and just starting to get light. Rather than lie there restlessly, I got up and wandered into my office. I opened the curtains to see the sun peeking through the leaves on the trees opposite—it was only just above the horizon and on a level with my office window. As I turned back into the room, I noticed that the sun shining through the leaves was casting an intricate pattern of shadows on the back of my office door, rippling in the gentle morning breeze. I picked up the video camera that was on my desk, sat it pointing at the patterns, and recorded the slow progression of the sunlight across the door. After about five minutes, the show was over. The sun had risen higher in the sky and the shadows faded. I turned off the camera and went back to bed.
Dawn Shadows
A few days ago, I woke uncharacteristically early, and couldn't get back to sleep. It was around 5am and just starting to get light. Rather than lie there restlessly, I got up and wandered into my office. I opened the curtains to see the sun peeking through the leaves on the trees opposite—it was only just above the horizon and on a level with my office window. As I turned back into the room, I noticed that the sun shining through the leaves was casting an intricate pattern of shadows on the back of my office door, rippling in the gentle morning breeze. I picked up the video camera that was on my desk, sat it pointing at the patterns, and recorded the slow progression of the sunlight across the door. After about five minutes, the show was over. The sun had risen higher in the sky and the shadows faded. I turned off the camera and went back to bed.