Morning Sun, Trinchera Under Blanket

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When the sun rises across the eastern Colorado plains, it must struggle mightily to reach into the valleys of the western Colorado mountains. As it does, the light it casts may be cast as strangely saturated and glowing, especially if the clouds show up to reflect the light back. And those clouds sometimes allow some extra sleep to the mountains behind them. Here, Trinchera hides from us behind a cloud blanket roll, while for the mountains in front of Trinchera get only their peaks hidden while their bodies glow in the odd morning light.

Morning Sun, Trinchera Under Blanket
The image is a sunrise with a yellow grassy meadow in front, behind which are a row of trees, then small hills, then a medium mountain, then large mountains glowing pink in the emerging sunlight. There is a long horizontal roll of pink clouds hiding the tops of the mountains and above all, a mostly cloudy gray sky, with patches of blue shining through.© Randy Heffner inspect image detail »
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Image Information

  • Title: Morning Sun, Trinchera Under Blanket
  • © 2025 by Randy Heffner, all rights reserved
  • Digital photograph
  • Native aspect ratio is 3:2, so uncropped print sizes include 6x4 inches, 12x8, 18x12, 36x24, and 60x40.

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  • The image is available in a limited edition of 30 signed prints, personally signed and color-checked by the artist.
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  • Available media include brushed aluminum, fine art paper, photo paper, canvas, and posters.
  • Sample price for a 12" x 8" unframed, photo rag paper, limited edition print: USD $95 + shipping.
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16 Jul 2025; updated 19 Jul 2025
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by Randy Heffner

Randy lives at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and culture — reading, watching, walking, and sometimes creating in search of our better selves. Film and photography have a lot to do with it, but anyway, art. The tie is an anomaly.

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