Saturday 15 August 2015

Sunrise, Sunset


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There is nothing more relaxing that watching a beautiful sunrise or sunset. Manchester is covered with cloud most of the year so it can be difficult to see the sun at all, making it necessary for me to travel to far off exotic places to witness such splendour.

Nevertheless, I have managed to catch a glimpse of the sun rising and falling behind the horizon in my adopted home town.

I have captured a few nice sunsets and the odd the sunrise over recent years – mostly sunsets because catching a good sunrise requires getting up at the crack of dawn (something I prefer not to do on holiday).

I thought I would share a few with you. I hope you like them.


Sunrise

Sunrise in Manchester on a rare cloud-free day


Sunrise in Alaska

A beautiful sunrise in Port Douglas Australia

Sunset

A very colourful sunset in Bodrum, Turkey


The sun disappearing behind a mountain in Majorca


Still in Spain, Puerto Banus

A sunset in Sorrento, Italy


A moody sunset in Cape Cod, United States

Sunset behind a fountain in Geneva, Switzerland
Another rare cloud-free sky in Manchester
A beautiful sunset in Santorini, Greece
A fantastic sunset in Victoria, Canada

I love a good sunrise and sunset and I hope to add more to my collection.

I hope you enjoyed them.






12 comments:

joeh said...

Very nice. I prefer the sunset, I like to sleep through he sunrise.

Elephant's Child said...

Love them. I am a dawn and dusk addict.
My partner, whose preference is getting up at the crack of noon, misses the dawns.

Pandora Behr said...

Love your work PM - great blog idea - I might rob that...
Cheers,
Pand

River said...

Ummm, just to be nit-picky...those Manchester photos clearly do have clouds in them.
I'm guessing usually the cloud cover is complete rather than patchy. (*~*)
The photos are all very lovely.

Dale Brown said...

Even a surly cynic like myself loves a good sunset. Very pretty pics. Thanks.

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Joeh,

Me too - but jet lag sometimes allows me to look at a good sunrise.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi EC,

The best chance to catch a sunrise here is on a winter morning - but usually it's raining and masked by clouds.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Pand,

Feel free. I'll look forward to it.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi River,

You are correct. We do get the odd totally cloud free sky here, but they are rare.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Big D,

I am an equally surly cynic.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Mrs PM said...

Gorgeous! We've been around a in haven't we? Xxx

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Sweetpea,

We have indeed (in fact you might have taken one of them).

;o)

Dave
xxx