“Sunrise looks spectacular in the nature; sunrise looks spectacular in the photos; sunrise looks spectacular in our dreams; sunrise looks spectacular in the paintings, because it really is spectacular!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

I catch a lot of sunrises and sunsets, because they are usually always spectacular, but rarely do I find one that is so spectacular that to my naked eye it looks completely fake. This a single shot image, and other than my typical and customary edits, I found this image to be one of the rare times when I make multiple attempts to dumb down just how saturated the colors look. Despite that, it still has an eye-popping over saturated feel that Mother Nature just will not allow to be muted.

Photographed one early morning at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve, in Gilbert, Arizona.