69, 69, 69, 69, 69, 69, and a beautiful sunset:
Jonanthan Raban writes:
There must be a cause for these sunsets: The scattering effect of salt particles from the Pacific Ocean in the air and the reflective properties of the Olympic snow fields seem the most likely candidates. Whatever their physics, the spectacular ultramontane sunsets are an important part of Seattle’s claim to be “a flower of geography” — as Henry James called the city in 1907, placing it in the company of Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Naples, Sydney, and San Francisco.
The image, which is taken from our photo pool, is by Justin Kraemer.
that is an amazing photo.
the link is http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.c…
Sounds like Jonathan Raban isn’t getting invited to enough parties.
Sounds like you had an interesting (if somewhat draining) evening.
BRYAN ADAMS!!!
I’m too bias to comment. I love living here.
No, it’s not the salt air or reflections off the Olympics snowfields (most of which are melted by now)—it’s residual ash in the stratosphere from that volcano in the Russian Far East that popped a few months ago. Enjoy it while it lasts, or until the next eruption.
Seattle is a beautiful city. Nothing but hills and water. And light on water, those low-angle northern rays especially, is gorgeous.
HA. Your salt particles have nothing on LA’s ash.
@7: That makes sense. I was wondering if it was because big chunks of British Columbia are on fire, but that didn’t make much sense given the prevailing winds.
Not that I don’t love Seattle, but as far as this photo is concerned, it is the long exposure length that delivers that beautiful color saturation. Look at the car headlights. That sunset did not look nearly as good in real life as it does in that photo…
I feel like this post is mocking me for turning 40 years old this year.
@5- yes!