Surprisingly Beautiful Sunset Tonight

by: Eddie C

Thu May 27, 2010 at 22:47:58 PM EDT

I thought you might like to see the  sundown over the Hudson tonight just because it came as a surprise package. Just proir to sundown there was rain and thunderstorms going on all over the place.

While watching this through my west window there was lightening flashing my eastern windows.

During this beautiful sunset I was watching a a nightmare. Governor Christie live at the new PBS Lincoln Center studio, was just ten miles south of my window and the exterior shots from the studio was showing people running in the driving rain.  

I loved this view. If you would like to see tonight's sunset from start to finish, there are twenty more photos below.  

To the south there was just a glow beyond the George Washington Bridge.

And my usual sunset view was not looking happy.

But there was a glow developing in the right spot.

It became brighter.

And brighter.

And brighter.

I saw direct sunlight for the first time today, a golden glow.

Up close it looks like a wonderful sundown.

A little closer.

Then the sky turned pink.

This was my favorite part.

The sun's last stand came around thirty minutes after its first of the day.

Then a nice soft afterglow.

Have a good night and a great weekend.

The Fleet is in town here. I think I'll go do some naval gazing.