Sunsets get a lot of love in the travel world. Lord knows I have too many sunset photos to count. And virtually every place you visit touts its “Best Spot to Watch the Sunset.” In all the hubbub over the sun calling it a day, the beauty of the sunrise remains silently humble.

Sunrises are for early risers and all-night revelers. Sunrises rarely have the gaggles of tourists with their cameras and camcorders and absence of volume control. Sunrises occur in the calm of dawns teeming with potential. Sunsets get all the love, but sunrise is the unsung star of the day.

Let the hoards have their sunsets and scenic lookouts. I’ll take a brisk morning, solitude and a sunrise any day.

Photo above is of the sunrise in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada as seen from Eva Holland’s living room.