iN PHOTOS: Stunning photos of Christmas Eve sunrise in Okanagan, Kamloops

Social media feeds in the Thompson-Okanagan are full of photos of the beautiful sunrise this Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24.

Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist said in a previous interview with iNFOnews the sky colours during those morning and evening periods of the day “can be incredible."

And it is largely due to the region's mountainous terrain.

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“It’s partly because we get cloud coming in bands into the Interior. The mountains get in the way and break the cloud up. It’s kind of like shrapnel,” Lundquist said.

When a weather system hits the coast, it remains intact, but by the time it gets to us, it’s been torn apart by the mountains in between.

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