OK, OK — I get it. Sunsets are clichés. But. We were all texting each other, telling each other to stop and watch. I took more than 150 photos of this and they were all discernibly different. It was as all over local social media as the huge aurora borealis a year or so ago was. We talked about it for days. If I went back to daily posting, I could easily post more than a week of really beautiful shots from these 50 minutes. Those of us who can stop and appreciate this beauty were really rewarded that evening.

August 31, 2026. OnePlus 12 cell phone, 70mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 280mm), f/2.6, 1/100, ISO 320.