Yeah, better to see it on the internet with someone else’s photos. Definitely.
Hiking up Cadillac Mountain to see the sunrise over the Atlantic at the break of dawn, was a waste of time, now that you mention it.
One of my big disappointments was going in October to visit the fire cliffs of Mongolia. At sunset, they become red like fire.
But when we arrived at sunset, it was cloudy. So what I saw looked more like this:
Not that the cliffs were without their excitement. I saw a Google Streetview truck there for the second time in my Mongolian adventure, demonstrating that no place on earth is too remote for Google. And my guide and I did have a nice time climbing around the cliffs.