This evening's sunset.

[John9929]

Got this lovely sunset this evening, notice the rain/hail falling from the cloud top left. Those colours only lasted about fifteen minutes, the image is untouched!

[Paul]

Ah you caught that earlier than me John - I saw some of that hail falling to the south of me which would tie in with your location. Great colours.

Paul.

[martinastro]

Very atmospheric John. Like the contrast between sky and dark houses. Seen that sleet here today hanging from the clouds as virga, but none of it reached the ground.

[jjb]

Lovely shot john you have caught the moment perfectly keep up the good work.

jonathan.

[John9929]

Thanks guy's! Here's another from this evening, again untouched.

[JohnC]

With sunsets I think you have to try and judge if there is going to be a good one because as you say they are there and gone very quickly so no time to get to a good location.I need to get away from my home to get a good sunset or anything else for that matter - about 2 miles and by then the moment is lost ,so anticipation plays an important role, having said that it's better to get what you can rather than nothing.

[martinastro]

Nice image John. I like that one better than the first image!.

Did you see the volcanic sunset tonight?. It was a beauty from here!. Guess what I did, I took 20 images showing the pink rays then I accidently deleted the whole lot!. Might see another tommorow. I made up for it though with the fireworks display tonight. 

[John9929]

Where they anything like this Martin?

[brianb]

Did you see the volcanic sunset tonight?. It was a beauty from here!

I wasn't paying too much attention - getting myself fed in preparation for an observing session - the colouration in the "clear sky" did seem a bit more intense than usual but whether this was because of unusual clarity i.e. what we should get without the usual horizon haze, or whether the upper atmosphere is unusually dusty, or whether the effect was caused by a very, very thin layer of cirrostratus in the West, I was unable to tell.

I haven't heard of any significant volcanic events lately.

[martinastro]

Good shot John. Glad you got the text. That's it for sure, however the one here was much more dramatic. The pink after-glow rays were amazing. Must keep an eye out for more on the nights ahead...and sunrise.

Brian, I forget the name of the Volcano but it erupted some time ago and the dust is still over Europe. These volcanic twilights are being reported from many locations including the UK on an almost daily basis now. There's more info on spaceweather.com.

[Steveo74]

Great shots John!!! Seen that one on the way home from work and was kicking myself for not having my camera with me...   Silly me!!!!!!