Sunset again

Nikolai

We're having that rare time of year when the sunsets can be actually pretty.
1: 13 image pano (larger onscreen version):



2: Setting Sun with the bottom rays:



3: IMG_4079:



4: IMG_4080:



5: Night mist is setting:



Gallery: http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/3777560

altyfc

Gorgeous skies. Well done!

Ann McRae

Really pretty Nik - the mist really adds to them.

ann

hawkeye978

Beautiful shots, Nik. I particularly like #2 and #5 with the mist.

CapturedByGrace

Awesome. Yeah, I, too, like the mist. Superb.

schmoo

Nikolai wrote:

I'm totally jealous of your neighborhood! :oogle

They sure don't make 'em like that over here.

Beautiful sunsets. So it's a seasonal thing?

Nikolai

altyfc wrote:

Gorgeous skies. Well done!

Thank you!

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

Really pretty Nik - the mist really adds to them.
ann

Thanks, Ann!
Yep, it's nice when we have mist, not the usual haze...

Nikolai

hawkeye978 wrote:

Beautiful shots, Nik. I particularly like #2 and #5 with the mist.

Thanks, Tom!
Yeah, that one came out OK, I guess :-)

Nikolai

CapturedByGrace wrote:

Awesome. Yeah, I, too, like the mist. Superb.

Thank you!

Nikolai

schmoo wrote:

I'm totally jealous of your neighborhood! :oogle
They sure don't make 'em like that over here.
Beautiful sunsets. So it's a seasonal thing?

Thanks, Steph!

Yes, I love the hills, too

And yes, it's highly seasonal. I mean, the hills don't go anywhere, but we rarely have enough moisture in the air to form either mist or clouds. And without any moisture it's just - boom, sun had set, you're done... No preglow, no afterglow...

Cuong

schmoo wrote:

I'm totally jealous of your neighborhood! :oogle

They sure don't make 'em like that over here.

Beautiful sunsets. So it's a seasonal thing?

LA is very dry most of the year so we have mostly blue or brown (smog) sky. We get more clouds during the rainy season (Nov-Mar) and occasional thunderstorm clouds from the south. Sunset is always beautiful, but it's so much more dramatic with the cloud backdrop. The last couple weeks we had beautiful cloud coverage. All the raging wild fires might have something to do with it. Here are some of mine:




Cuong

schmoo

yukio wrote:

LA is very dry most of the year so we have mostly blue or brown (smog) sky. We get more clouds during the rainy season (Nov-Mar) and occasional thunderstorm clouds from the south. Sunset is always beautiful, but it's so much more dramatic with the cloud backdrop. The last couple weeks we had beautiful cloud coverage. All the raging wild fires might have something to do with it. Here are some of mine:




Cuong

Hi Cuong, I'd love to see your sunsets but nothing's showing up for me. :

Cuong

schmoo wrote:

Hi Cuong, I'd love to see your sunsets but nothing's showing up for me. :

Sorry about that. Had a little problem with the links. There should be 3 of them now.

schmoo

yukio wrote:

Sorry about that. Had a little problem with the links. There should be 3 of them now.

Excellent!

I really like the CA climate. So is it an alien concept for kids raised out there to lay on the grass and name shapes in the clouds?

Cuong

schmoo wrote:

Excellent!

I really like the CA climate. So is it an alien concept for kids raised out there to lay on the grass and name shapes in the clouds?

I remember doing that growing up in Virginia. Nowadays kids are just too busy with so many distractions (video games, Directv, internet...) to really have time to lay around staring at the sky. We adults also get caught up in that vicious cycle, but it's important to slow down sometimes, take a break, smell the flowers, and enjoy nature.

1145climber

wow i loveeee the first one. 13 pictures? awesome panorama. keep it uppp

Nikolai

1145climber wrote:

wow i loveeee the first one. 13 pictures? awesome panorama. keep it uppp

Thank you, I'm planning to...

TylerW

schmoo wrote:

Excellent!

I really like the CA climate. So is it an alien concept for kids raised out there to lay on the grass and name shapes in the clouds?

Heck no! But, its fairly uncommon for us to get the right sort of weather that allows for the formation of cumulous clouds (at least here in the Bay Area), which are the most fun ones to find dogs and tractors and Pat Sajak in.

schmoo

TylerW wrote:

Heck no! But, its fairly uncommon for us to get the right sort of weather that allows for the formation of cumulous clouds (at least here in the Bay Area), which are the most fun ones to find dogs and tractors and Pat Sajak in.

:lol

Pat Sajak! There's a name I wouldn't expect to fall out of the sky.