Fire in the Sky

Not too many months ago, I found that I was pretty proud of myself for getting out there and seeing the sunrises and sunsets. As time marched on the more I just observed and documented these things happening around me, the more I've found myself thinking that I'm might still be too passive in my relationship to the wonders around me. Observing and documenting might not be enough. It's better than spending time in front of the television, but I wonder...is it still too much spectating and not enough acting.

For now, I'll leave the contemplation of that dilemma to be pondered. I did observe and document the fire in the sky of the sun settling down into the horizon behind College Creek earlier tonight.

College Creek Sunset #1

At this time of year, the sun sets much farther to the north than I really would like to be able to capture photos from my usual haunts. I managed to capture these looking into a little bay on College Creek from the bridge on Rowe Blvd in Annapolis.

College Creek Sunset #2

The wind was kicking up out of the northwest, and this is the only shot where the water was calm enough to capture a small bit of the reflection I was hoping to catch.

College Creek Sunset #3

This final shot is my favorite.  It captures the yellows, oranges, pinks, reds, blues, greens, and blacks that made this evening's final showing of the nuclear life giving fire of our solar system something I've come to anticipate and chase (slowly, on foot) with some regularity over the last year.

I'm not sure what will come tomorrow, but it feels like something is brewing.  I'm looking forward to meeting it.