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Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassador Steve Belasco is a marine photographer documenting our World Heritage Site entirely from offshore. Here he begins a monthly blog where he will be highlighting an image that has a particular significance to him and briefly explaining why.
Durdle Dawn
It’s been photographed countless times at all times of day, night and year. But in recent years capturing the sunrise through Durdle Door’s arch has become de rigeur for many landscape photographers.
It’s only possible to capture this image for a couple of weeks a year, around the winter solstice, when the sun at its farthest south.
After seeing a myriad almost identical versions of this particular shot I decided, as a photographer that works from a boat, that it was my duty to capture a midwinter Door sunrise from the other direction. The outside looking in, so to speak.
The sunrise may not be as striking as the dazzling sunburst through the arch from the beach but this view has been enjoyed by far fewer people. And I think that glowing, almost iridescent, limestone is equally captivating.
That sunbeam through the Door highlights the photographers often on the beach to catch the sunrise.
Of course at midwinter on the right day, it's only a few hours after sunrise before you're treated to an equally striking sunset.
It's not for the faint-hearted, but on a gentle day a potter through the Door is almost irresistible!
Marine photographer Steve Belasco’s images can be viewed at stevebelasco.net. His latest book, The Jurassic Coast From The Sea is available now.
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