SkyWatch & Nature Notes ~ The Inimitable Magnificence of Nature

Leaving Second Valley on the coast of South Australia rather

later than I had planned, I noticed the developing sunset.

The road was long and windy and the light augured well for

something spectacular to follow.

There is one gap in the hills before you can get a view of the sea

and only one place where you can safely stop, so it was pedal to

the metal as I held my breath and hoped to make it.

Around the last bend and into the lookout car park.

This first shot, as I wound down my window.

By the time I was out of the car, the light had changed

dramatically and the shadows were lengthening.

The sea turned into a cauldron of molten gold,

sea, sky and earth were suffused with golden light . . .

Looking up the coast, the sea was so blue while the coastal

grasses turned red.

At my feet all was golden, I could have mined my shoes.

Again, the sun bounced off the water

and turned it's molten magnificence into a different tone

of gold. When is too much not enough? When you stand there

bemused by all this glory . . .

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