Sunset Play by Play: Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park
September 16, 2016
“I never watch a sunset without feeling the scene before me is more beautiful than any painting could possibly be, for it has the additional advantage of constant change, is never the same from one instant to the next.”
— Sigurd F. Olson, Reflections from the North Country
The sunset over the Pacific Ocean on this particular evening was an experience of pearlescent pageantry. It was an evening of lustrous pink and gray skies. Here is the play-by-play:
“Fold upon fold of light,
Half-heaven of tender fire,
Conflagration of peace.
Wide hearth of the evening world.
How can a cloud give peace,
Peace speak through bodiless fire
And still the angry world?”
— Edwin Muir, from “Sunset”
September 16, 2016 at 8:10 am
all beautiful photos.
September 16, 2016 at 9:08 am
Gorgeous photos, Rosemary! People always think such photos are enhanced, but all you have to do is experience a glorious sunset once to realize nature needs no enhancement.