Sunrise From Enchanted Rock

by Todd Aaron

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Sunrise From Enchanted Rock

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Todd Aaron

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Sunrise from Enchanted Rock

Enchanted rock is a huge pink granite dome shaped rock that rises 425 feet above the surrounding area. It covers a space of 640 acres. This thing is massive! All of the photos I have seen of it do not do it justice as to its size, and I don�t think any photos I made of it do either. It�s just huge!

The Summit Trail is the fastest way to the top as it goes straight up the side of the dome. I was running a little late and was concerned about the sun rising before I was in position, so I climbed at a fast pace. The Summit Trail is only .6 miles to the top, but it rises 425 feet in that short distance, so it is like climbing up a very steep set of stairs over a half mile! And every step is angled at a very steep angle. It is a bit difficult, especially at a high rate of speed. I ended up doing lots of panting and taking several rest stops to allow my heart rate to get somewhere below redline, then more fast climbing. I finally made it to a height where I liked the view, and the sun was just popping out through a little opening between the heavy clouds and the horizon.

At the point where I made this photo, the sun was just going behind the thick cloud cover and it was throwing some interesting yellow-orange early morning light on the terrain in the distance. This gave a layered effect to the hills in the background . You can really see here why they call this area of Texas the �Hill Country�. This one needs to be seen large!

Hope you like it!!!

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October 10th, 2014

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