The following is the recorded observation done on Monday, January 17 th, 2011,

between the hours of 5:55 am and 6:40 am, from a third floor apartment in St Anns
Court, facing east. This observation should indicate the movement, colour, reflection,
direction and intensity of light, seen or unseen in relation to the sunrise. Sunrise is the
natural light phenomenon that occurs when the upper edge of the sun appears above
the horizon in the east, and should not be confused with Dawn which is the (variously
defined) point at which the sky begins to lighten, some time before the sun itself
appears, ending twilight. From the location at which I observed, the sun usually rises at
approximately 6:28 am.
My view of the east spans approximately 20 meters. A large mountain covers the
majority of it and next to it is a tall, well lit building followed by a series of other smaller
buildings that are also well lit; hence it is not as dark as I had expected it to be, because
of the artificial light. 5:52 am, dawn has already begun, there is already a slight shimmer
of light emerging from directly behind the mountain. It is being shielded by the clouds,
which are moving slowly but deliberately in a clockwise motion. As the minutes go by,
the light begins to shine through a greater number of clouds, which allows one to notice
their dark grey colour, indicating that it is overcast. Shadows are being formed of the
trees. 6:08 am, a greater movement of clouds has caused the light to shimmer through
the clouds at a higher concentration, but no individual rays are being seen yet. This
movement was in a southeastern direction to the southernmost point of my view, leaving
the original point, at which light was seen now in darkness. 6:16 am, there is now
enough light for one to see clearly without the use of artificial lighting. The street lights
have begun to come off and birds and other insects are now in full chorus, while the
temperature remains the same, chilly. This movement of light concentration continues
for another 21 minutes and the shimmer gets noticeably more intense on the 21 st
minute. At this point the sun begins to rise slowly, at the southernmost point of my view.
I am only able to see a small part of its ascent. It begins with the emergence of the
entire sun slowly becoming visible and its colour is an intense white/ yellow colour. One
single ray of light then boldly penetrates the clouds, which are now significantly clearer
than they were at the beginning of my observation. The sun continues to rise as a
second ray follows in the opposite direction and they are both reflecting through the

clouds. 6:34, the sun is finally in the sky although still not fully visible because of a few
clouds. Its colour is a bright yellow/ white with a shade of light orange tones.
The sun, which is the primary source of light on earth through this observation,
has shown that it has all the characteristics of good lighting. It shows movement,
intensity, colour, reflection and direction of light. This observation has proven this to be
so.