For whatever reason, my internal chronometer decided I needed to be awake for sunrise on Christmas morning. So I instinctively grabbed the camera and headed outside.

The location of this cabin, (i.e. on the western facing side of the mountain), meant sunrise pics would be challenging. But it was easy to see the yellow color on the horizon.

Even though I couldn't see much of the actual sunrise, I was able to watch the sun appear on the mountains in the opposite direction.

More of the top of the mountains to the west were illuminated as the sun rose from the east.

Watching the sunrise from a slightly different perspective.

This cabin sits on the side of a mountain facing west. So it was no surprise that the "yard" was mostly vertical.

More of the mountain is illuminated as the sun rises.

I still couldn't see the sun looking to the east.

But you could see the sunrise progression looking to the west.

I also spotted an enormous cabin off in the distance.

I headed inside and grabbed my other lens to see if I could zoom in. The picture looks funny because it was taken from the cabin's screened in porch. But you get the idea. This cabin appeared to be at least twice as large as our cabin.

More of the mountain is illuminated as the sun rises.

Zooming in to the west.

It's almost there.

After a while, the sun made its appearance to the east.

Merry Christmas from the north Georgia mountains.

Christmas day sunrise.