Colorful clouds at sunset from Red Rock Lakes NWR – Nikon D300, handheld, f5.6, 1/60, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 35mm, natural light
We are about six months into the global pandemic and I know it is wearing on us. The year 2020 has been different in all aspects and not just because of the pandemic, this year has been flat out crazy at times. We’ve had to change, adapt and do the best we can under trying circumstances. Nothing has been “normal” in our day to day lives.
Throughout my life I have liked to think that every sunset has a promise and a gift from Nature in it. The promise that the sun will rise again in the morning. The gift is that we have had one more day of living on a spectacular planet. Knowing that has gotten me through some of the worst days of my life and been a source of joy on some of my best.
Because of that I wanted to share a beautiful sunset this morning and I picked this one from the lower lake at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge taken on September 9, 2015. I can easily recall the peaceful feeling I felt as I photographed it from the campgrounds that evening and the budding excitement I felt for what I might see unfurl in front of my eyes the next day.
I hope that wherever you are you can savor a sunset this evening and remember the promise and the gift from Nature in it.
Life is good. Stay safe.
Mia
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Serene, mystical and inspirational. Your beautiful shot calls to mind the opening lines of Tennyson’s “Crossing The Bar”.
“Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea, …”
Thanks Mia.
Thank you Mia for the gifts of your photos ! They brighten my every day.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So grateful for this serene respite from the chaos. 🌻
At sunset, we give thanks for the gift of the day we just experienced, and the night that is about to come. At dawn, we give thanks for the restorative powers of the night before, the light and promise of a new day…and pray that we may walk with beauty all around us…to the left of us, to the right of us, behind us, under us, above us and before us…the beauty way…CHEERS!!! ✌️👍🤟😊
The sunset is the promise and the sunrise the actuality of a new day, a new beginning, a new chance…full of promise itself…👍
Oh yes.
And the same is equally true of dawns. Beautiful, hopeful gifts.
You need to do some camping in the backwoods. I bet Montana and Idaho still have less people camping this year. Enjoy a few more sunsets and sunrises out of the heat and maybe the smoke.
Gorgeous!
Glorious. And words to match!
Thank you
Beautiful