Tagged With "sunset"
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 22, 2015: Rocky Mountain Sunset
For travelers like me who love mountains, the Canadian Rockies are about as good as it gets. One evening I was driving to Calgary from the Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta, along highway 22x, the beautiful Cowboy Trail. The Cowboy...
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Pu`uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park (The Place of Refuge), Big Island of Hawaii (Where Gumbo was #113)
Perhaps the best place on the Big Island to enjoy a sunset (from many great possibilities), Pu’uhonua o Honaunau (the Place of Refuge) is a remarkable destination. This is a National Historic site which should be...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 9, 2015: St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
While visiting Rome recently, one of our favorite cities anywhere, our day's walk through the Baroque section ended by the Tiber River just as the sun was setting. We were a little lost, a state I like to be in while exploring...
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Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 1, 2015: Pulpit Rock
Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill....
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Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 15, 2015: By the lighthouse at Portland Bill
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit 'the Bill'. The carefully...
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Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 22, 2015: The Lower Lighthouse, Portland Bill
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around 'the Bill', but his scheme fell through and it was not until early in the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 31, 2014: Sunset, Charleston
If fireworks at midnight are de rigeur for welcoming the New Year, perhaps a fiery sunset is a fitting way to say goodbye to the old. Of course, this one is not really today's but it will do. I took this picture, and its cloudy companions, from the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 9, 2015: Sunset in Ixtapa
I took this photo of the sunset one evening in Ixtapa Mexico. I wish I had the skills to assemble nature’s display of color in my photographs as Mother Nature allowed me to capture in this shot.
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July 10, 2017. Bagpipes at Sunset, Colombo
A dirge played by a Sri Lankan bag-piper and the lowering and folding of the Sri Lankan flag are now part of the evening sunset ritual at Colombo's Galle Face Hotel.
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April 10, 2017: Sunset over the Bay of Fundy
From his plane seat, DrFumblefinger captures the sun setting over the Bay of Fundy, as a storm breaks up over the Bay.
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Heather in Bloom - North York Moors.
England is known for its lovely rural landscapes. Not many sights are more lovely than the heather in bloom on its hills, as Paul Hunter so beautifully illustrates with this collection of photos.
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Dec. 15, 2019: Sunset Beach, Cape May, New Jersey
Stormy weather at Thanksgiving gave Jonathan L an opportunity for some dramatic pictures of ocean and coast.
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December 24, 2019: Montana Sunset
DrFumblefinger shares some photos of a sunset he enjoyed while driving through Montana.
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Waikiki Sunsets
DrFumblefinger shares some of his favorite images of the setting sun over Waikiki Beach.
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January 29 2020, Sunset at Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Jonathan L shares a beautiful sunset from Playa Tamarindo in Costa Rica
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day. September 7, 2013: Sunset, Haleakala National Park, Maui
It's hard not to like a Maui sunset! I'm fond of this image because it was taken from the summit of Haleakala, looking down at the sunset and thick layer of clouds that surrounded the mountain and obscured the Pacific Ocean and Maui. The...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 14, 2015: Visiting the Shard, London
I've lived in London for the past 5 years and watched, with great anticipation, the Shard being built from its foundations to one of the tallest buildings in Europe. The Shard stands proud as a new addition to the London skyline, and 2 years...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 6, 2015: Windmills in the Sunset
Recently my wife and I traveled across Montana by car. It's a large state with some amazing mountain ranges and lots of wide open plains -- the "Big Sky" country the state is known for. The sun was beginning to set when I spotted a group...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 2, 2015: Indian Ocean Sunset
There are places in the world where people stop what they're doing to enjoy the setting of the sun. Usually these are tropical countries, where tourists sip tall cool drinks beside a pool as they watch this evidence of the earth's...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 26, 2015: Sunset Cruise, Aruba
For me one of the highlights while vacationing on Aruba was a Pelican Adventure sunset cruise . Couples danced, passengers chatted and laughed, strangers made new friends. The perfect way to end a perfect day on Aruba—One Happy...
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March 7, 2018: Lake Havasu Sunsets - Arizona
Samantha shares some sunset photos from Lake Havasu and says it was one of the more memorable parts of her trip.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb. 17, 2014: San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
Situated on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, across the canal from Piazza San Marco, sits this beautiful cathedral, one of the iconic symbols of Venice. The church was built by the Benedictine order between 1566 and 1610....
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 3, 2014: Kohala Sunset, Big Island, Hawaii
It's hard to beat Hawaiian sunsets. This one was taken from the northwestern corner of the Big Island, looking in the direction of Asia (the next landmass due west of here). We were driving from the cowboy town of Waimea...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb 3, 2014: Sunset over the Dalles, Oregon
The town known as "The Dalles" was the western end of the historic Oregon Trail It was where pioneers in the 19th century loaded their wagons onto rafts or barges and floated them down the Columbia River to the mouth of the Willamette...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 19, 2014: Postcards from Greece - Sunset
With a small church set atop the headland of Paros, the sun was setting that evening in the most richly golden sky that I have experienced in many many years - beautiful Greece!
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Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, October 3, 2014: Postcards from Greece - the seaman's chapel in Naxos harbour
As the fishermen sail out of Naxos harbour in the Greek Cyclades isles and look into into the setting sun they glance over towards the simple whitewashed chapel that sits on its own small island in the middle of the passage. With hurried gestures they...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec 17, 2014: Fish Creek Park, Calgary
Season's Greetings to all and I wish you safe travels over the holidays. These photos were taken in a part of Fish Creek Park in Calgary's SW. It is called Shannon Terrace. There is an old homestead down there that was once...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 25, 2014: An Amazing Accident
This photo is the product of a beautiful sunset off of a cliff just North of Bodega Bay, Ca, a dead battery in my Cannon T2i and the shotty pasting capabilities on the panoramic setting of my boyfriends camera phone, the result is a photo that...
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Gallery: The Roof of Hawaii. An amazing sunset on Mauna Kea!
Standing at an altitude of 4,205 meters (13,796 ft) above sea level, Mauna Kea mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii is the highest point in the Pacific Basin and the highest island-mountain in the world! According to the Hawaii tourism guild,...
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September 7, 2016: Prairie Sunset, Winnipeg
At Winnipeg Airport, DrFumblefinger enjoyed brilliant views of sunset, some with planes silhouetted against the sky.
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Santa Catalina Island Sunset, California
On my last visit to Newport Beach California, I was lucky to have had the opportunity to see this beautiful Santa Catalina Island sunset.
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February 15, 2017: Sunset on Newcastle Quayside
A peaceful sunset on the popular quayside in Newcastle upon Tyne
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December 11, 2016: Pond Reflections
Sarcee shares a lovely scene of a sunset reflected in a pond
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Feb. 19, 2017 Sunset in Old San Juan
Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time for some cool pics. I happened to be hanging out in Old San Juan at sunset this week.
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Time To Visit Srinagar Kashmir
Silk-sunset, appreciative reminder white, tar concerning the roads, gloom on the far away away side the kerosine lamp free on pinnacle of the lake, ripples within the water, fog upon the mirror, garden of the spring, the palace of the fairies, subject of the poems, emptiness within the eyes, non-attendance of words, for all time in passable things and plus the recent roses upon a breeze, wherever remodel a pedestal arrives in recollections of continuously to liberate us into cartoon...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 12, 2013: Sunset in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Among the many sunsets I've seen in my life, I'd rank the 30 or so viewed from Colombo's Galle Face Hotel among the best; varied in color and intensity, but always beautiful. Watching the sunset from the inner courtyard of the Galle Face...
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Visiting Patagonia. 1) El Calafate, Argentina
While they look extraterrestrial, those aren't flying saucers or wormholes in the sky; rather, they're some of the most unusual cloud formations I've ever seen. The above image was captured at dusk my first night in Patagonia and it...
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The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
Calgary, a city of about 1.1 million people, is situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It's in the region where the Great Plains of Central Canada abutt the mountains. Calgary is about 1 hour's drive east of beautiful Banff...
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Where Gumbo Was #15. Seattle's Space Needle, enjoying the view of Puget Sound
Seems Gumbo timed a visit to Seattle perfectly. When Gumbo took the elevator up to the observation deck of the iconic Space Needle there was a thunderstorm passing through. But after a cup of coffee (Seattle is well known for its...
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June 12, 2016. Twilight in "Cottage Country", Ottawa River
Sarcee provides our Pic of the Day, a tranquil sunset scene from Eastern Canada.
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October 25, 2018: Approaching a Prairie Thunderstorm
DrFumblefinger was driving across the flat Canadian Prairies and was heading into these stormclouds at dusk.
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Re: Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, May 15, 2015: By the lighthouse at Portland Bill
Fantastic photo! It really captures the location and a dreamy mood.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 22, 2015: Rocky Mountain Sunset
Fantastic photos; so beautiful!!!
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Re: Sunset Limited: New Orleans to Los Angeles
Quite an interesting trip. Thanks for sharing the experience.
