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For a few weeks either side of the winter solstice each year, the sun rises sufficiently far south that it's possible to view it through the eye of Dorset's Durdle Door.
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This is the view that welcomed me to Durdle Door at 6:59am, about an hour before sunrise. It’s still pretty dark at this point, and the scene is lit by a combination of moonlight and the beginnings of the sunrise. You can still see the lights of Weymouth on the horizon, and the moonlight gives the sea a unique teal colour.
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Naturally I wasn't the only one there, the other guy wasn't too talkative though...
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