Sunset, sunrise
Posted: Friday, 31 August 2007 |
"The sunsets of the western Isles are in my humble opinion amongst the most beautiful on the planet" and I base this comment on traveling the globe for the last 20 or so years. Whether in the height of our long summers or in the stormy dark depth of winter, who cannot resist the quick run down to a beach to watch the last few minutes of the days passing or the sweaty run to the top of the knoll.
Maybe the day has been a hard one emotionally or a tiring one physically...but those last few moments of the day always lift my spirits.
The sunrise in the desert in comparison is awesome...and I have yet to see it's like in any other place...yet where the sunrise at home promises hope for the next day, the desert sunrise (in all but the few mid winter weeks) marks the begining of another baking day. In someways the sunrise in the desert is threatening.
It was 47c here in the Sahara yesterday, the heat is all consuming in this vast wilderness, I long for a Tiree sunset...
Oh sunny days !!!
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The sun, or moon, rising or setting over the ocean is wonderful ... almost magical. Here in the Outback we have beautiful sunsets as well, but they are golden glowiing and as the buildings are made from a reddish stone the sunsets reflect the colour onto the buildings making the whole landscape appear [almost] on fire. Sunrise?! I am in the kitchen at that time and never see it, and if I do manage to have a day off work I am in bed.
Plaid from Outback
Know what you mean...because of the latitude the sun comes up at around 4:30 mid-summer on Tiree...if I am home on break I normally close the blinds at that time...Here I have to get up with a seismic exploration crew 1 hr before sunrise every day...and so do all the Aussies here too...thanks for the interest. I worked out of Cairns for a while when I was in PNG...and you have some amazing sunrises, the soil was a deep ochre I seem to remember...
Off shore view from Currently Libya.
Beautiful pictures, beautiful thoughts and here's hoping you'll fulfil your dream soon and return to Tiree and her glorious sunsets.
Ac from Coll
"muterings about life and distant shores...an off shore view"
A World wandering from my Tiree home
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