Cloudy layers

Orangey sunset

This sunset is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.  Click on the image to embiggify it. 

A passing weather system brought with it different types of clouds at different levels.  This stereogram emphasizes those levels.  The high clouds are from the main system.  The lower, puffy, clouds are formed by the cold winds of the system passing over warm waters.  Noted is a hard to see sundog about one-third of the way in from the right side.

Somebody else's sunset

 

Golden glow in the west

 

Somebody else's photo, of some place else's sunset, is their idea of a sunset.  It seems to be, but need not be, a vision from the past.

 

 

Covey of clouds

 

Clowd of clouds

Clouds are clouds  - these have iridescence and crepuscular rays, both in one formation. 

 

 

Three setting suns

The cold clouds of a passing weather front afford the sight of three suns setting.

 

Close to the horizon

The sun dogs on either side of the sun are caused by the refraction of the sunlight through the ice crystals in the clouds.   These parhelia are approximately 22 degrees to either side of the sun.  The red is closest to the sun with the blue to the outside.

 

For the stereogrammers,

 

At sunset in 3d

 

this sundog scene is presented as a relaxed view stereograph.

  

Sunset on the contrail

 

Sunset, a perfectly clear sky, a lone jet streaking overhead...  

 

 

Short contrail

 

As the sun sets and the airplane travels, its trail gets colored.

Contrail colored by the sunset

 

When there is low humidity in the upper atmosphere, contrails tend to be short.  The humidity level seemed to be just right for this overflight.

 

 

 

 

Sunset at a siding

 

Railroad passenger car

A wooden passenger car sits at a siding at sunset.  The signal light shows red, indicating the switch position up ahead.

 

For stereogrammers, 

 

Railroad passenger car (in 3d)

 the scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

 

 

Moonrise at sunset

 

Peek-a-boo-ed by clouds, the full moon rises up from the far shore of the lake.

 

Peek-a-moon

 

That shore is colored by the last of the sunset.

Moonrise in 3d

 For stereogrammers, the scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

Rays on the water

 

Late afternoon stereogram

 

Haze and clouds create crepuscular rays as the sun heads towards the western horizon.  This sun-setting sight is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Sunset over the back alley

Colorful rays

A brilliantly sunset silhouettes the buildings of the back alley.

Lit lot

After the sun set

The parking lot, lit.

This after sunset scene of the house of toil is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Golden contrail

At cross angles to each other

The setting sun imparts a golden hue to the contrail of an airplane about to fly out of view.

Looking back

Eye fun

When leaving, a look back to see what you are leaving looks like leaves you with an impression of where you were.  

This late afternoon sun lit spring scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Evening parhelion

Just before sunset

Ice crystal laden clouds in the western sky precipitated a sun dog at sunset; the still waters reflect the rainbow.

Antisolar rays

Rays in the eastern sky

It took a triple take to be sure that these rays really were there in the eastern sky just after sunset.   They are called "anticrepuscular rays" and seem to come from the antisolar point. 

Smoke gets in your sun

Five minutes before sun hide

Smoke from the forest fires twenty six hundred miles away reaches our shores.  Five minutes later, the pall in the western sky hid the setting sun.  

Reflecting off a wall

Reflection of sunlight

Sunlight from the setting sun reflects off the wall and lightens the sidewalk that is in deep shade.

Wind riffle

Rippled water and clouds 

A wind riffle on the water reflects the dark clouds above it.

Golden waters

Water not clouds 

Golden waters at sunset make up for the lack of spectacular sky colors.

Sunset afterglow

After sunset

What more can anyone want, if not a wooden light pole, two mailboxes, and a sea wall at sunset?

Sunset Alley

Sunset in the alley

This relaxed view 3d stereograph captured the topsy-turviness of the back alley at sunset.