Sunrise at the Virginia Military Institute, where my son is a First Class cadet in Army ROTC. (Full disclosure: I didn't take this photo; it appeared on VMI's Facebook page a couple of days ago. But it's great, so I thought I'd share.)
The top one is from the hill behind the house. The bottom one was taken at Largs beach looking out to Cumbrae and to the peaks of Arran beyond.
The first rising sun of the new year - Japanese call hatsuhinode. It's supposed to bring supernatural good luck (I can't remember if it did - which suggests it might not have!)
Those are really nice - something just mesmerising about the shape of the lines the sand creates, and the light/shade