Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON
Appearances can be deceptive. The golden-amber orb of the sun in this frame suggests that the picture was taken at the end of a long, scorching summer day, but it was actually taken on a freezing cold winter evening. I was standing above the sloping paddocks of Narre Warren, in southeast Melbourne, with my camera at the ready, as the sun sank.
For a few seconds, the bank of cloud took on an azure hue, then the sun descended into the narrow sliver of clear sky between the horizon and the cloud base. It seemd to cast a horizontal sea of molten gold as far as the eye could see.
Then, just as dramatically, it was gone, leaving just a few streaks of slender pink raking across the sky. I guess I could stand there every evening and the view would be entirely different.
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