Thank you both for your comments. I spent a group weekend at this place last year and was up before dawn each day without benefit of an alarm clock. I'll be returning in a week and am really looking forward to it. It's such a beautiful spot!
--Mary Anne
I like the layers of colours and tones! I've never been up that early! :)
Ideally the earth as an element should be the soil rather than the place!
The four classical elements are about the creation of life and I get a sense of this from your picture! In a subtle way all the three elements of the topic are there!