The sky turns a rich red about 45 minutes before sunrise on many mornings, but most of the time it then quickly fades. Sunday was one of those unusual mornings where the colors just kept transforming themselves as the minutes passed.

First came this 30-second video, taken about 7 a.m.

The photo immediately below was taken at 7:04 a.m. as we walked along the beach.

The second photo was taken 15 minutes later, at 7:19 as we neared the end of the beach at the far side of Kaaawa. You can see that the sun had just come up.

All in all, not a bad way to start the day, week, and year.