This was taken a few moments before sunrise.

I could not sleep at all last night except for a short time of being half awake and half in the moody dark of a quasi-nightmare that was trying to hook its claws into me and drag me into a helpless REM state.
At last I gave up the night as a loss and got out of bed.

I love the time before sunrise, but on those rare occasions when I see one I'm much more
likely to see it on the rear end of a day than the front end.
Months ago I had printed off a schedule of the rising and setting of the moon and (purely for laughs) the rising and setting of the sun. I figured the setting part might come in handy occasionally, so it would at least be half useful.

So I found myself sleepless this morning, nearly an hour before sunrise.
What to do, what to do? Hmm hmm.
The lightbulb over my head flickered on -- it wasn't bright enough by itself by a long shot,
so I still had to turn on a real light in order to dig out the sunrise schedule.

This is a field of soybeans about a mile from my house.
I decided to drive back to the house for the tripod (duh me); fortunately I had plenty of time.

Now I can say that I, too, have a 'Sunrise' gallery!
I've got more pictures to upload there, but for now I just need some sleep!

Here's the "incandescent" white balance setting version: http://www.pbase.com/image/33824193