10 Magical Sunrise Photos That Will Inspire You To Stop Hitting Snooze

We've all been there: That horrendous moment when your alarm goes off and you groggily lift your heavy eyelids to find that it's still dark out. Just five more minutes, you tell yourself while hitting snooze. Again. And again. And again.

We feel you. But as photographers, we'd almost always choose a chance to capture sunrise over sunset, not because we love torturing ourselves at 3 a.m., but because, for a moment, mere mortals such as ourselves have the incredible fortune to experience something so utterly magical. And have it all (or mostly all) to yourself.

Scroll down to see what we mean.