The ideal sunset is not the one you see and wish you could have been there, but the one we watch and store in our memories. It may not have been the most intense, but it is ideal because it is part of our experiences.
One afternoon earlier in the spring I noticed this striking Sun pillar on the western horizon. It was visible for more than 30 minutes. After the Sun had set it turned red and pink (lower right photo). If ice crystals are stacked horizontally in cirrus clouds and tipped in the direction of the viewer, then the Sun’s waning light is reflected in the form of a column or spike. Note also the extended sundogs on either side of the pillar, approximately 22 degrees from it and the position of the Sun. Photo taken on April 16, 2018.
I’m very glad this picture was nominated as Earth Science Picture of the Day. A big thank you to USRA and the EPOD team, so as to Dr Jim Foster for the brilliant summary.
I was driving home and I saw this light pillar (sun pillar) on the horizon, unfortunately I didn’t bring my camera so I photographed it with my cell phone. It was visible for more than 30 minutes and after the sunset the light turned red and pink.
Eu estava a conduzir para casa e vi este pilar de luz no horizonte, infelizmente eu não tinha a minha câmara, então fotografei com o meu telemóvel. Foi visível por mais de 30 minutos e após o pôr-do-sol a luz ficou vermelha e rosa.
“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun.”
Pablo Picasso
“Há pessoas que transformam o sol numa simples mancha amarela, mas há aquelas que fazem de uma simples mancha amarela o próprio sol.”
Moments like these turn a common landscape into a masterpiece. Those are rare and fleeting, but when these amazing conditions meet it is a great pleasure to be able to enjoy them and to photograph.
São momentos como este que tornam uma paisagem habitual numa obra de arte. São raros e fugazes, mas, quando estas impressionantes condições se reúnem é um grande prazer poder apreciá-las e registá-las.
The New Year’s Eve celebrations marked by the typical fireworks at the seaside. This night, at Porto Novo beach, so as in many other beaches of Torres Vedras, thousands of people get together to celebrate the last night of the year and to welcome the new year.
Festejos de final de ano marcados pelo recorrente fogo-de-artifício à beira mar. Nesta noite, na Praia de Porto Novo, tal como em muitas outras praias do concelho de Torres Vedras, milhares de pessoas concentram-se para apreciar e festejar a última noite do ano e a vinda do novo.
Lately, the rough sea prevails for weeks turning the beach into a compact and washed sand. The white foam contrasts with the dark colour of the sand.
Nos últimos tempos, a forte agitação marítima prolongou-se por várias semanas tornando a praia num areal compactado e lavado. A espuma na rebentação das ondas contrasta com a cor da areia escurecida.
The winter solstice with the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It also marks the sunset in the southernmost point, cycles that are repeated annually and of great importance for the Humankind.
O Solstício de Inverno com o dia mais curto e a noite mais longa do ano. Marca também o pôr-do-sol mais a Sul, ciclos que se repetem anualmente e de grande importância para a humanidade.
If a scenery like this seems perfect to us it’s because there is a perfection standard for the majority of humans. If this standard is a collective memory, perhaps its existence is true on the deeps of our subconscious.
Se um cenário destes nos parece perfeito é porque existe um padrão de perfeição para a maioria dos humanos. Se esse padrão é uma memória coletiva, talvez a sua existência seja verídica nas profundezas do subconsciente.
Here the representation of the four elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire. Fire being a distant element, yet well present on life’s evolution that the Sun has made possible.
Eis a representação dos quatro elementos Terra, Água, Ar e Fogo. Sendo o fogo um elemento longínquo mas ainda assim bem presente na evolução da vida que o Sol proporcionou.
The understanding of reality turns easier when we can freeze the timeline. Photography is the perfect time machine to immortalize moments. Then you can observe details that escape our eyes, either because they pass too fast or because we are too busy to focus on them.
Those water drops at sunset will be forever in suspension against gravity in this picture. This is the power of capturing light during a very short period of time.
A compreensão da realidade é muito mais fácil quando conseguimos parar a linha temporal. A fotografia é a máquina do tempo perfeita para imortalizar momentos. Então, conseguimos observar detalhes que nos escaparam ao olhar, quer porque passaram demasiado rápido, quer estivéssemos muito ocupados para nos focarmos neles. Aquelas gotas de água ao pôr-do-sol serão mantidas para sempre em suspensão contra a gravidade nesta imagem. Eis o poder de registar luz num curtíssimo período de tempo.
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Inspirado pela fotografia? Compre a impressão fine art de alta qualidade em tela na minha loja!
Talvez a contradição dos tons quentes num céu que habitualmente é azul nos faça gostar tanto das tonalidades ao final do dia.
Maybe the contradiction of the warm tones in a usually blue sky makes us adore the evening shades.
End of the day
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