Sunsets

 

I don't think I'll go back very far, not yet.  I'll get there, eventually.  For starters lets look at just yesterday's sunsets.  A lot happened yesterday... more than I can cover here.  Let's start with a quote.  Simple.  Doesn't require a lot of effort.  Okay, a quote it is.

 

 

Think that if you have seen one setting sun you've seen them all? Wrong!  Let's take a look to prove my point:

 

Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles

The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent landmark.

 

Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people.

 

Makena State Park (Maui, Hawaii)

Makena State Park comprises 165 acres (0.7 km²) in Makena, south of Wailea on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

 

Ayers Rock, Australian Outback

Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. The area around the formation is home to a plethora of springs, waterholes, rock caves, and ancient paintings.

 

Great Pyramids, Egypt

The Great Pyramids are part of an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex includes Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex.

 

Grundarfjordur, Iceland

Grundarfjörður is a small town, situated in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of Iceland.

 

Canals of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals; Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, were dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age and form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel.

 

Oia (Santorini, Greece)

Oia is a small town and former community in the South Aegean on the islands of Thira (Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece.

 

The Maldives

The Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean-Arabian Sea area, consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls.

 

Phnom Bakheng (Angkor, Cambodia)

Phnom Bakheng, at Angkor in Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain.

 

Taj Mahal, India

The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India and finally

 

Sunset through the chem-trail of a rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Los Angeles as viewed from a mountain ridge in Tucson, AZ.