Penultimate sunset
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Sunset on the second last night we were in Mandurah, Western Australia. Spectacular sunsets are orders of magnitude more common there than in Tokyo, that’s for sure. This particular sunset lit up the sky for a good hour, and the clouds were various and mobile.
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Posted to Photographs • 2005.01.13 (Thu) • 23:28
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Posted by Tim Rutter 2005.01.13, 23:49
Very nice.
Posted by Rachel 2005.01.14, 01:44
I wish I could have seen the real thing—incredible stuff. And I guess in Australia, it’s warm enough right now to linger outside and just gawk as long as the show lasts.
I thought pollution can bring on some great sunsets. Isn’t Tokyo polluted enough? The sky just fades to black these days.
Posted by Alex 2005.01.14, 02:44
Tokyo is polluted, sure, and there are some great sunsets. However, none of that matters if you can’t see it. Looking at the horizon your view will be blocked by ginormous towers of gray.
Here is a shot I took on my cellphone in Nerima-ku, Tokyo: http://www.radiohorse.com/blog/images/41.jpg
Posted by How 2005.01.14, 02:56
Beautiful. Amazing colours – I woke up recently to an incredible pink sunrise over London. It was in the Christmas holiday season so the roads were still quieter than usual. Flocks of birds, bathed in pink light, were flying down the streets as I cycled to work at 7.30am. A fantastic experience, but I was only able to capture the sunset on camera:
http://howardstredwick.com/cms/Photo+gallery/Late+in+the+day/images/rotherhithesunset_one.jpg
Posted by stef 2005.01.14, 06:25
That’s one thing I remember most about Western Australia - the skies. They would go on for miles, in the most spectacular colors.
Thank you for sharing your very gorgeous pic.
Posted by liz 2005.01.14, 07:08
perfect
Posted by Natalie Buxton 2005.01.14, 10:15
I’ll be home in Perth from tomorrow. I intend to spend many an evening watching perfect sunsets over the ocean. Melbourne has crap sunsets.
Posted by Kristen 2005.01.14, 11:25
A breathtaking sky; thanks for sharing your view of the beauty.
Posted by Stephen 2005.01.14, 12:52
That sunset is amazing! I also love the way you framed it with the tree branches. Would you be able to make it available as a wallpaper-sized image?
And thank you for using penultimate correctly! I can’t count how many times I’ve heard/read it used incorrectly. I don’t know why some people use words that they don’t understand. (end rant)
Posted by disneymike 2005.01.15, 12:40
That truly is an inspiring sunset. I don’t ever get tired of sunset photos. :O)
Posted by Mary Beth 2005.01.17, 09:29
me either! And it’s been awhile since I’ve seen anything approaching that one. Gorgeous!
Posted by Jon Bassett 2005.01.17, 16:24
We all expect another raging sunset like this tonight (17/1/05) in Perth as some blinkin’ idiot lit six bush fires about 30 miles east of the city yesterday. The temp today is topping 40c (105 F -plus) and the smoke plume last night reached 220 kilometres out to sea. Yeah, pollution, but not petrochemical …
Posted by Marie 2005.01.18, 18:44
When I first opened this last week and it was at the top of your page, I nearly cried… I just assumed that it was Tokyo or at least Japan. I was so relieved to then read it was Australia… my “home”sickness subsided somewhat. Beautiful though.
Posted by Brett Robson 2005.11.02, 07:31
Melbourne have had some breath taking sunsets, I missed out on one yesterday as I came back home early from St Kilda beach …got a bit sunburnt
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