Week 10: There goes the sun...

This is another picture I took on the way back to Southern California, on that stretch of I-5 that seems to go on for days.

The thing I find most interesting about this is the effect of the cloud/haze - it obscures enough of the light to lend an air of mystery without diminishing too much of the brightness of the sun. The way that the strip of cloud reflects the light also serves the contrast with the dark of the Earth below, and I really love that.

There's a very idealized romantic view of sunsets, and some are beautiful in a romantic way, but I also think the inherent darkness can bring about another kind of beauty. I suppose the haze adds even more to that - the mysterious and dark quality that takes over as night falls. But one of the biggest things I've learned this quarter is the extent to which light  and the interpretation of it - varies from person to person.