It was Wednesday evening the sun was almost completely set when I looked out upon this scene:
I ran to the office, retrieved the camera and stepped (bare feet) onto the very cold front deck. The scene changes so rapidly that I didn’t stop for the tripod. I braced my hand against a partially open door in an effort to get a [not too blurry] shot.
Mere seconds later it looked like this:
It was the most unusual sunset picture I have ever taken. Isn’t it great when you have a day that brings something completely unexpected, entirely beautiful and is bestowed upon you as a gift? That’s the way I felt on Wednesday evening.
I had been feeling a bit sad about having missed Tuesday night’s auroral display. While not the same, this made me feel a whole lot better.