Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise and sunset on the same day, Saturday December 27.

Sunrise at 7:20am in Orchard Beach, the Bronx:










And the reason to be in Orchard Beach at sunrise:


Sunset at 4:30pm in Jacob Riis Park, Queens:


While taking pictures of the sunset, we came across a large gull roost. Once in a while something would spook them, and they would all take into the air with an impressive show of force:




It's amazing that gulls can fly and scratch their ears at the same time!


Coming in for the landing!


Ghosts of JFK flights past:
(Left to right: British Airways Flight 172, Lufthansa Flight 408, American Airlines Flight 211, and Virgin Atlantic Flight 3)