Patricia An Schmidt captured this fantastic picture of 2008's first sunrise.

LAKEPORT – 2008 started off with yet another spectacular Lake County sunrise, which Patricia An Schmidt captured on her camera Tuesday morning.

“No one was in Library Park this morning,” Schmidt reported. “The morning was very crisp but the anticipation of the morning and new year was perfect.”

Schmidt said her camera wasn't cooperating because of the cold, so she hugged it to her to warm it up, saying, “One picture is all I ask!”

She got her picture – and a spectacular one at that – of the sun coming up over Mt. Konocti and Clear Lake.

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