Sunshine Skyway Bridge at sunrise

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is the world's largest bridge with a cable stayed main span.

I have added a link about this bridge for those interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge

February 2009, early one morning we were going to

Fort DeSoto Park to see the birds.

Right after we paid our entrance fee (30 cents)

and started into the park, this is what we saw, as we

crossed the first bridge.

We stopped at the end of the bridge and hurried back to the center of the bridge

so I could try and capture the sunrise in time.

The first 3 photos were taken from that bridge.

Then we went straight to the south beach.

The last 3 photos were taken from the south beach at Fort DeSoto Park.

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Sunrise Watts Bar Lake - Sky Watch - January 1

Watching the sunrise over Watts Bar Lake from Spring City, Tennessee.

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Before sunrise at Watts Bar - Sky Watch Dec 19

Just waiting for the sun to come up one September morning.

None of us seem to be seeing much color, so pulled this out of the archives to post.

A reminder this dreary look we are seeing right now will not last.

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Cades Cove in Smoky Mountains - Sky Watch December 5

All 3 photographs were taken this past Tuesday at the entrance into Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We had some snow the night before, but not very much.

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Osprey in flight - Sky Watch November 27

I captured this Osprey in flight at the Lake Seminole Park in Seminole, Florida last month.

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Newfound Gap - Skywatch Friday November 21

These photographs were taken on October 22, 2008 at Newfound Gap in the

Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

At the same location as my Sky Watch photos last week, just an hour later.

Can still see why they are called the GSMNP the blue ridge mountains.

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Falls Colors at Spring City Park - Sky Watch

Well, I am back in Spring City for a couple of days. Got up yesterday morning and decided to go up on the plateau to see the colors there. It appears they are a day or two beyond peak. Did get some good photos around the water, I will be posting those later.

When I got back to the valley (I guess Spring City is considered in the valley, either way it is not on the plateau) I went by the Spring City Park and took all of these photographs in the park.

We probably still have a few more days of peak before the leaves start dropping fast. Did you notice I said we? How quick I am adjusting to being here.

Common Buckeye

I was really surprised to see the butterfly in the park. We were told the Monday morning we were gone (vacation) it was 31 degrees. This past Monday morning is was 41. So you would think the days of photographing butterflies would be over until next year. I got excited when I saw the Buckeye, doesn't take much to excite me sometimes.

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Fall Migration - Sky Watch October 10

This may appear to be an odd combination. But all 4 photographs were taken standing in the same spot within seconds of each other, this past Monday evening in downtown Knoxville. I just turned around in a circle and snapped what I saw.

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Sunrise Watts Bar Lake - Sky Watch - October 3

Since we post Sky Watch Friday is on Thursday in my location I decided to add another post, just one link from Sky Watch though, because that is the rule. This sunrise photograph was taken at Watts Bar Lake from the Spring City, Tennessee side of the lake. Be sure to look at my post before this one, it is the moon during the morning close to this same location. Thank you for visiting, and I appreciate any and all comments. Please visit Sky Watch for great photographs from all over the world.

Moon over East Tennessee - Sky Watch Oct 3

The first moon photograph was taken at 9:40AM, September 19, on a gravel back road in Rhea County, Tennessee. I just came around the bend in the road, and there it was, just asking to be photographed.

As the 2nd time, the moon also just jumped out at me. This one was 6 days later, in the city park in Spring City, Tennessee, also in Rhea County. This one was at 7:42AM, September 25th.

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Grand Canyon at Sunrise - Sky Watch Sept 26

Sunrise in the Grand Canyon, September 2007. The most beautiful time in the Canyon.

Not much you can add to this awesome show of God's creations. It was an amazing trip. Everybody seems to like the previous post of sunrise at the Grand Canyon, so I decided to post these too. This are more like normal sunrise photographs, except of course, they are still the Grand Canyon.

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Grand Canyon Sunrise Photos- Skywatch Sept 26

Both of these photographs were taken at sunrise in the Grand Canyon, September 2007.The bottom photograph is my absolute favorite of the whole trip. I just turned around and this man was standing there taking in the awesomeness (is that a word, if not it should be), unaware of anybody around him. A print of this photograph now hangs in my supervisor's office. This photograph has not been touched, this is the way it turned out. The Smoky's turn blue, I guess the Canyon turns brown.

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Sky Watch/overlooking Cataloochee Cove - GSMNP

You can see why the Smokies are called the 'Blue Ridges' from these photos.

I took these as we left Cataloochee Cove. I posted some last week on Sky Watch Friday from around the same time, the other end of the same parking lot. This is the last of the Cataloochee Cove photos. I hope you have enjoyed the Cades Cove series and the Cataloochee Cove series over the last couple of weeks.

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Overlook going into Cataloochee Cove - GSMNP

These photographs were taken September 6, at the overlook going into Cataloochee Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This cove is accessed from I-40 exit 20 in North Carolina. Less than an hour from my house, but I have never even heard of this cove until a month ago. From the interstate it is just 10 miles, but about 5 of it is gravel, on the side of the mountain. Up 5 miles and then down 5 miles into the cove, about half of each way is gravel. The bad part is while you are in the cove you know you have to go back that same way to get back out.

These photographs were actually taken as we were leaving, late in the evening.

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