Apple Pear Sunset

Here’s another spectacular sky as the sun sets behind the apple and pear trees in the backyard. Only when the Earth is tipped far away from the Sun does the sky burst into such colors on this side of The Hill.

Like the Summer rainbows that often fill the Eastern valley, the vibrancy of these sunsets is brief. The sun nears the horizon of a pale silver, cold sky, with just a hint of salmon in the high thin clouds. As the Sun disappears behind the horizon, for a very few minutes, usually only two or three, the sky flames into hues of yellow and orange striped in front of the cold blue sky.

Extraordinary beauty, even when repetitive, merits our gratitude.