Cold warmth
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A winter sunset during the darkest time of the year is a tough act to follow. As the cold seeps in, the sky sees fit to give its fieriest display. It almost beats a sun-kissed tropical sundown.
This is taken from the balcony of our west London loft space, silhouetting the large, graceful tree and its neighbour which has been savagely pollarded. A plane crosses the flight path too. The third image is a response to the intense colours of this sight. They have been gently lifted out to give a subtle, muted view of one of nature’s greatest shows.
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Some beautiful sunsets here Mike!
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Thanks Andy! It’s just the one hit, but it was a pretty spectacular one.
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And well captured as always!
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Thank you :)
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Fiery indeed. I rather like the starkness of those pollarded trunks – somehow that gauntness seems a clever contrast to the drama of the sky
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Thank you Andy, a very descriptive summation.
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Stunning, and here I thought us Aussies had a monopoly on firey sunsets. Worth the cold to get this one Mike :)
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Thank you Lee! Well I only had to fling open the balcony doors, so the hardship wasn’t so bad. The biggest fireball I ever saw was over Cairns, so Aus still has it. It was steaming hot, though.
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Yep, we do stinking hot really well, as it has been for the last few days here. Humidity included with huge thunderstorms at night. You get the idea.
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That seems a hemisphere away… maybe that’s because it is!
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Yeh :)
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you Cornelis. A winter display from Mother Nature :)
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Now this is a sky on fire.
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There often seems to be more fire when it’s dark and cold (I think)…
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That’s interesting..I have to watch that and see if I see the same. I know the winter tends to give more pastel type sunrises.
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The northerly winters here seem to produce the real fire… there must be some scientific explanation for that, whatever it might be!
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You know it is! Lucky you!!
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Though the cost is enduring the cold to watch them, let alone capture them!
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Gorgeous sunsets, Mike! There have been some lovely ones recently, but I’ve been too busy with work to get the camera out! :(
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Well it’s the same one… a very intense display. I think northern winters produce really strong sunsets. I missed a sunrise the other week for the very same reason :(
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