Picture of the day - April 18, 2007

Sunrise On Florida's Gulf Coast

Photo courtesy of Trish Elliott. Today's picture features one of Florida's typically glorious sunrises. It's a magnificent scene that makes me want to just jump in the car and drive down there for a week or two! Here is photographer Trish Elliott's story behind the image: "I believe that the Florida Gulf Coast has some of the most amazing colors in the skies. This photo was taken April 7th on a very cold morning. We were headed out of NAS Pensacola, Sherman Cove Marina and God graced us with the most glorious sunrise I have seen around here in a long time. I've been told that colder mornings make better photo's, so I convinced my husband to go fishing and let me bring the camera. This day was perfect, not only did I get the Catch of the Day with the sunrise, but we also loaded the boat up with over 50 Spanish Mackerel. The Blue Angels are home based at NAS Pensacola, Florida so they were out practicing that same morning. And to be triple blessed the Navy escorted the brand new ship USS New Orleans through the area we were fishing. This ship is so new it doesn't even have lettering on it yet, just the number 18 on the bow, oh and believe me I got photo's of that too." Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"