{"id":14179,"date":"2014-11-12T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2014-11-12T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:55:50","slug":"sunrise-above-the-clouds-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/14179\/sunrise-above-the-clouds-in-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise Above The Clouds In Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0007.jpg\" alt=\"20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0007\" width=\"425\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0044.jpg\" alt=\"20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0044\" width=\"425\" height=\"497\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0053.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0053.jpg\" alt=\"20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0053\" width=\"425\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0174.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0174.jpg\" alt=\"20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0174\" width=\"425\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0143.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0143.jpg\" alt=\"20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0143\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0099.jpg\" alt=\"20141102_AFRsosssusvlei_0099\" width=\"425\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt didn\u2019t look good. The pre-dawn sky was filled with clouds. And our guides were driving away from the dunes. Assured by our pilot that it would be a good flight we got in the balloon and lifted off. Passing through the clouds we saw the sun rise above them on the far horizon. It was a sublime moment!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/workshops\/international\/namibia\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Find out more about my Namibia digital photography workshop here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Find out more about my digital photography and digital printing workshops here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t look good. The pre-dawn sky was filled with clouds. And our guides were driving away from the dunes. 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