Chris M. '12 | January 22, 2010
"Sunrise"
IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without so much of the "frak it's 4am and I don't understand the material I have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome. Period".
Anyway, my sleep schedule is still experiencing a phase shift, which means I'm usually awake before the sun rises. During the year, the sunrise is sort of an unpleasant experience, it means you're running out of time studying and you won't get to sleep much. But I've really been enjoying seeing the sunrise over the past week or so-- it's peaceful and usually stunning. So without further ado, I give you "sunrise from my room":
full size available here:
http://web.mit.edu/~ccmills/Public/Sunrise12210HDR-2.jpg
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That image is taking forever to load. I believe this is why "4432px × 2144px (scaled to 600px × 290px)"
Posted by: Landon on January 22, 2010 10:26 PM
hmm, ok. I thought the resize would be quicker, but I guess not. I'll upload a pre-scaled version. Sit tight for a 5 minutes.
Posted by: Chris M on January 22, 2010 10:31 PM
fixed!
Posted by: Chris M on January 22, 2010 10:36 PM
@Chris M: Hope you don't mind, and I will take it off if you do, but I took one look at that picture and within 3 seconds had set it as my desktop background :)
Posted by: Amethyst ('14?) on January 22, 2010 11:44 PM
This is seriously the view?! No Photoshop?
Posted by: Rishi on January 22, 2010 11:55 PM
THAT IS SOOO AWESOME!!!!! You should enter it in a contest or something-it would easily win first place!
PS: @Rishi on January 22, 2010 11:55 PM
WHOA-that is awesome! I have the same name, yet I post under this pseudonym! I did not know there was a another Rishi on this site besides me (and the one that was admitted in early action-unless you are him...) Is thare some particular thing about rishis applying to MIT? LOL.
Posted by: genius ('18) on January 23, 2010 01:10 AM
Sunrise: Image=Amazing.Period! :)
Posted by: FuLanKe on January 23, 2010 01:32 AM
@Chris M, that is an awesome picture. I love sunrise (primarily in the summer I set my alarm to wake up early and observe the sunrise)
Thank you for providing the link for the full size master piece photography of yours.
Posted by: Masod on January 23, 2010 02:00 AM
@Amethyst
No I certainly don't mind.
@Rishi
No photoshop. Just a good camera and good luck.
I'm glad you guys like it. =)
Posted by: Chrism on January 23, 2010 02:33 AM
Sunrise is my favorite time.
Unfortunately, I keep seeing it from the wrong side O.O
Posted by: Piper '12 on January 23, 2010 04:02 AM
Just Thank you...
Posted by: Zeki('14?) on January 23, 2010 06:54 AM
beautifullllll :)
Posted by: Hamsika '13 on January 23, 2010 07:32 AM
Looks stunning! Which halls, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by: Gina on January 23, 2010 08:06 AM
Nice pic!
You know, the in the place where I study (I applied to MIT twice...) there is a student town called "Sulėtekis", which means "Sunrise". And a half year ago I actually got the meaning of it - being awake while the sun beautifully glances through the window at your textbook. It's awesome.
Posted by: Vytautas on January 23, 2010 09:15 AM
I had similar urges as Amethyst lol. So i'll make it my background as well. Kind of like my own little connection to MIT for the while. Very good picture. Kudos
Posted by: Brad on January 23, 2010 09:54 AM
that is the reason why i want to go to mit :)
Posted by: Quynh on January 23, 2010 01:49 PM
It's very amazing.
Sorry, which part of the city this picture is?
Posted by: Morteza on January 23, 2010 05:49 PM
Amazing scene!
Out of curiosity, which dorm were you in at the time ?
I can see the dome on the left side and so it's a west-campus dorm, and I think I'm seeing Kresge Auditorium and a few play fields. The J.B. Carr Indoor Tennis court is in the front.
So I'd say ... Simmons ?
Posted by: Ammar'14 on January 23, 2010 07:12 PM
Wow! awesome picture!
Posted by: Dimitris on January 24, 2010 07:40 AM
This gives me one more reason why I love MIT, and also gives me one more reason to be sad when I don't get in.
Posted by: Kenneth ('14?) on January 25, 2010 07:05 AM
^Seconded. One more reason to love MIT.
Posted by: D on January 25, 2010 10:45 AM
Why is this school so cool? So now I know that it also happens to be one of the coolest places to view the sunrise. What else? Could MIT get any better? I don't think so.
Posted by: Anonymous on January 25, 2010 10:48 AM
Its really awesome
Off topic
@chris
Your second post "Tale of the Midnight Tool! ", had really a gr8 impact on me
I am really thankfull for that coz
I started solving my doubts on my own and studying throughout the midnight with full enthusiasm
Thanx once again
Sry for an off topic comment!
Posted by: Parthivi on January 25, 2010 11:23 AM
@ Rishi: It isn't necessarily photoshopped, but it is HDR (High Dynamic Range). It's composed of multiple photos taken with different settings that are then "reassembled" by software. Link to the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging. Correct me if I'm wrong, but HDR is included in the image URL. Makes for some amazing images!
Regards,
O'Malley
Posted by: O'Malley on January 25, 2010 10:42 PM
@O'Malley
You're correct about the HDR technique, but the presence of HDR in the URL is an artifact of the way my pictures were named upon import. I shot a bunch of different photos that morning, and some were setup to merge to HDR later. I.e. some photos have HDR tags that were actually just single shots.
I /think/ you're right though, and this was the product of one of the HDR shots. The HDR didn't turn out drastically different than the single exposures, but since this was my favorite of the set, I think it's reasonable to believe it was one of the real HDRs. I could go back and check the EXIF data, but I'm not that motivated.
Posted by: Chris M. on January 25, 2010 10:54 PM
@ Chris
I was in no way trying to belittle your photo. HDR is just a really neat technique. Thank you for the reply!
O'Malley
Posted by: O'Malley on January 25, 2010 11:21 PM
@ Chris
It was not my intent to be critical. HDR is just a really neat technique. I appreciate the quick response.
O'Malley
Posted by: O'Malley on January 25, 2010 11:26 PM
Oh no problem! I in no way took your comment to be critical or belittling, and if I seemed criticized or belittled then that's a miscommunication. I just wanted to get all the info out.
Posted by: Chris M. on January 26, 2010 01:30 AM
Hey it is fantastic image and place. Thanks for giving image to us...
Posted by: buy r4 ds on January 27, 2010 12:32 AM
@Chris
Speaking of pictures, I liked your early blog banner much more. Wider smile ;)
Sunrise picture is awesome.
Posted by: Armin on January 28, 2010 07:05 AM
@Armin
I know. I absolutely hate that picture, but c'est la vie I suppose. Maybe I'll change it some time.
Posted by: Chris on January 29, 2010 03:47 AM
so..umm..........dyou live in Simmons???
Posted by: anon MIT student on January 30, 2010 02:14 PM
