The relatively short dusk duration is captured in this image with the yellows of the setting sun to the west and the darkening skies of night to the east.
I took this image at a place I've noted as being Schoonspruit in the Free State, back in December 1988. But it doesn't appear to be the Schoonspruit that Google…
With the sun setting on the horizon and thunder clouds rising into the distant evening sky, Lake Verret is about to slip under the wing of this Southwest Boeing 737.
What I liked particularly about this scene was the strip of cloud obscuring the sun. Below the cloud, the sun is casting radiant colors while above the sun is illuminating the higher clouds seemingly from below making the bottoms white and the tops grey.
Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday. This image is still my favorite Mardi Gras photo to date, though the trombone player cuts a close second.
This lady was riding with the Krewe of King Arthur in their 2009 parade. Her costume and face paint are resplendent with these traditional colors. She's chosen to use face paint in place of a mask.