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A foggy sunrise on Shell Ridge Road in Rockport, Texas (Aransas County). A Brown Pelican and a Laughing Gull enjoy the warmth of the early sun while resting on the remnants (pilings) of a pier that had been severely battered by Hurricane Harvey. Captured 11/19/19.

About S. Christopher Rice Hurricane Harvey couldn’t destroy a sunrise or a sunset. In the months following the storm, it was hard to see anything but destruction. We spent one sweltering hot day after another shoveling mud and the contents of our broken community curbside. The many unknowns and sorrow caused so much anxious energy that I knew I had a to find a place for it. In the evenings, just before curfew, my wife and I would stand in front of our severely damaged home and watch the sunset. At least there was beauty among the chaos and the many uncertainties. That’s when I decided to pick up a camera. Harvey couldn’t destroy a sunrise or a sunset. For the most part, I focused my lens on the cracks, crevices and spaces...