Boxing Day Sunrise (detail) - Chama, NM © 2004

This past Christmas was spent in northern New Mexico, in a small town by the name of Chama. The elevation is about 7,500 feet and the weather, as you can imagine, is quite unlike southern California. The day after Christmas I awoke to see an reddish glow in the loft where my daughters were sleeping. Venturing out I saw the Eastern sky aglow with the impending sunrise. Even though I quickly grabbed my camera (Canon S410) the colors had dissipated somewhat by the time I made these shots. Yet, they remain very colorful.