Solstice Sunset II
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
This image is from the night of the Winter Solstice, a shot for Yeimaya at Flickr. Collecting shots of sunrise and sunset on the equinox and solstice days. A great way to really visualize the travels in our sky as we spin and orbit…
That night and the night before Tammy, Johann and I watched the sun set in it’s glorious beauty as we were on our way back from Stonington. The first night we just pulled over on the side of the road. Tammy and Johann watched from the comfort of the car (it was bitterly cold out!) and I tried to get a picture as the sun set in a ball of glowing orange over the hills between Stonington and Mystic. The next day we timed our outing so we could be at Enders Island in time for the sunset on the solstice. Another beautiful sunset that lasted for well over 20 minutes. Totally different from the night before, and just as magnificent.
Tonight I was out trying to track down some chocolate chips without milk in them. As I pulled into the local A&P and looked to the southwest the sunset was beginning to spread through the sky. Although it would have been much better viewed from Enders Island, it was again magnificent. The light kissing the undersides of the clouds, revealing their structure in whole new ways and making them blush in pinks and reds. Other, higher clouds glowed bright yellow against the deepening blue sky as the horizon changed through a range of reds and purples. Shear beauty in rich palletes which no master painter could ever equal. Completely different from the night before, if any anything, even more magical.
The whole time I stood transfixed in front of A&P barely noticing the cars and people around me. A few asked if I was ok…some wondered what I was staring at… but none seemed to see the beauty as they hurried to and fro in their last minute rush. I feel sorry for them. Somehow I have always been transfixed by the sunset, a magical event that repeats nightly but is never the same. My favorites are the ones I see out west, but in the winter here there are some truely spectacular ones as well.
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