Monday, 6/21/10 - Face The Sky

A thick layer of clouds blanketed the horizon.

The sun, tired from a long day of baking Florida tourists, rested its head on that pillow of clouds.



Having worked the day shift for years, the sun learned many tricks for getting off work early. It considered calling in with an eclipse but it can't use that excuse too often as everyone seems to notice.



The easiest way is to just tell the boss that it is feeling cloudy. That way, it can pop in and out when it feels like it and it doesn't have to work the whole day.

So, rather than being caught sleeping on the job, the sun called the boss, said it was feeling cloudy and would be leaving work early.

With the boss' approval, the sun slipped behind the clouds and got some much needed rest.



As it slept, the sun began to dream.



The face you see in these pictures was formed by clouds passing in front of the sun. It was not obvious to me at capture time and was only revealed when reviewing the images later.

The last three images are the same only at increasing magnifications.

Pretty wild, huh?