BEST piccie ever

Well, what can I say? I love this photo! But not just the photo, the sunset that was going on at this time has to be undoubtably the best sunset I have ever seen.

I was on top of a hill at 8pm, checking out the ancient and mysterious Chun Castle (the remains of an iron age hill fort) and nearby Chun Quoit, under a lovely blue sky with a scattering of high cloud, when a mushroom cap of mist and fog rolled over the hill, but didn't descend upon it. The sun was heading into the ocean, but the fog hid the sun while allowing the rippled reflection to be seen on the water. And all around me was an eerie light.

And without the benefit of alcohol or drugs, the reflected sunset shimmered in colour for a good 30 minutes. Couldn't take my eyes off it. I was totally mesmerised. Sheets of green, pink, purple, blue, and yellow washed through the reflection - like an iridescent metallic sheen on the surface of the water.

I wasn't alone to witness this magical experience. I had taken another Australian girl who was also staying at the hostel to check out some sites with me, and we were both totally awestruck. It was such an incredible experience that we had to check that it wasn't our eyes playing up and that the other was also seeing the colours. We only headed reluctantly back to my car when it became apparent we might be descending the eastern (shadowed) side of the hill in darkness. Even then, we had to stop and turn every few steps until the hill blocked out the view.

Pure magic and the best sunset (and ancient site experience) in my life.

The only problem was that my camera couldn't catch all of the colours. But what it did capture were these orbs of light (including a spot of pure light) that definitely weren't spots on my lens as they were in a different position in the next photo and didn't appear on any other photos - in direct sunlight or otherwise.

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Enjoy, and make of it what you will.