Images (Sunsets)
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same
the Lord’s name is to be praised.
From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the same
the Lord’s name is to be praised.
From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the same
the Lord’s name is to be praised.
— Psalms 113:3 KJV —
Day is leaving for a while
Nature sends it off in style
See the sun rest on the hill
Echoes of light surround and fill
Both earth and sky
Do you see it?
Day is leaving for a while
Nature sends it off in style
See the sun rest on the hill
Echoes of light surround and fill
Both earth and sky
Do you see it?
Day is leaving for a while
Nature sends it off in style
See the sun rest on the hill
Echoes of light surround and fill
Both earth and sky
Do you see it?
~
Sunsets fascinate us mortals. We have written many poems and songs about them. We have taken many photos of them. We have made many life analogies to them.
Sometimes, they light up a cloudless sky with pleasant shades of blue. Sometimes, they seem to set the clouds on fire. Sometimes, they stretch golden from one end of the horizon to the other. In all cases, one thing is certain: The amazing beauty of a sunset comes not from the simple revolution of our planet around an axis; for seen from space, that would be consistent, repetitious, and monotonous; and seen from earth, if no one and nothing lived here, that would be an utter waste of cosmic paint.
No, the amazing beauty of a sunset comes because a Master Artist designed it to be so—to give our souls both transcedental joy and sigh-worthy feelings of wow, our eyes a visual feast of heraldic colors, and our hearts hope for a sunrise to come.
Please enjoy the images below of sunsets in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.
Sunsets fascinate us mortals. We have written many poems and songs about them. We have taken many photos of them. We have made many life analogies to them.
Sometimes, they light up a cloudless sky with pleasant shades of blue. Sometimes, they seem to set the clouds on fire. Sometimes, they stretch golden from one end of the horizon to the other. In all cases, one thing is certain: The amazing beauty of a sunset comes not from the simple revolution of our planet around an axis; for seen from space, that would be consistent, repetitious, and monotonous; and seen from earth, if no one and nothing lived here, that would be an utter waste of cosmic paint.
No, the amazing beauty of a sunset comes because a Master Artist designed it to be so—to give our souls both transcedental joy and sigh-worthy feelings of wow, our eyes a visual feast of heraldic colors, and our hearts hope for a sunrise to come.
Please enjoy the images below of sunsets in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.
Sunsets fascinate us mortals. We have written many poems and songs about them. We have taken many photos of them. We have made many life analogies to them.
Sometimes, they light up a cloudless sky with pleasant shades of blue. Sometimes, they seem to set the clouds on fire. Sometimes, they stretch golden from one end of the horizon to the other. In all cases, one thing is certain: The amazing beauty of a sunset comes not from the simple revolution of our planet around an axis; for seen from space, that would be consistent, repetitious, and monotonous; and seen from earth, if no one and nothing lived here, that would be an utter waste of cosmic paint.
No, the amazing beauty of a sunset comes because a Master Artist designed it to be so—to give our souls both transcedental joy and sigh-worthy feelings of wow, our eyes a visual feast of heraldic colors, and our hearts hope for a sunrise to come.
Please enjoy the images below of sunsets in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.
Please also enjoy a video I created using many of the sunset and moon shots I took while living in Norway, synchronized to Ola Gjeilo’s choral work Evening Prayer as performed by the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale (GEWC) on 2015_0508. (I sang in this choir as part of this recording.)
The song is based on a prayer by St. Augustine (354-430). The text, provided in full both in the credits at the end of the video and in comments at the YouTube link, asks the Lord to watch over all who wake, watch, or weep tonight, and over all who are weary, dying, suffering, afflicted, or joyous. The beauty of this prayer combines with the beauty of the music and images to take the viewer, both musically and visually, from a solitary moon over a darkened mountain to a blazing sunset shining through the clouds as though the Lord Himself were appearing in His glory. (Make sure to watch the entire video!)
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2004_0701 21:13
Alien skyships sunset over Kvaløya
(From Vikran-Larseng ferry, Norway) (APS)
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2005_1018 16:30
Master Artist blue mirror sunset 2
(From near Skutvik, Norway) (APS)
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2007_0701 00:10
Near-Midnight Sun over Bentsjordtinden
(From Mortenhalsskolten, Norway)
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2008_0313 17:06
Glorious sunset flower over sound 1
(From Vikran-Larseng ferry, Norway)
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2008_0313 17:12
Glorious sunset flower over sound 2
(From Vikran-Larseng ferry, Norway)
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2010_0223 15:56
Impressionist sunset art between peaks
(From near Litjevatnet, Norway)
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