Phantasm

Sunset at Pacific Beach, Washington

 

"Our revels now are ended. These our actors,

As I foretold you, were all spirits and

Are melted into air, into thin air:

And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,

The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,

The solemn temples, the great globe itself,

Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve

And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,

Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff

As dreams are made on, and our little life

Is rounded with a sleep."

 

-William Shakespeare , The Tempest

 

 

I have not been able to hike for a few weeks due to a foot injury, so I am catching up on posting some images from earlier in the summer. In mid-July I spent another four days out on the Washington coast, and was lucky to experience three beautiful sunsets while I was there. Each one was different, and captivating in its own way.

 

This one was taken on the final night. It was the cloudiest of the three evenings, and there was a thick layer of clouds and fog along the horizon. But as the sun sank into them, the interplay of light and clouds and the way they swirled and danced together was absolutely mesmerizing, and I watched from the water's edge until the light faded and dissolved into dusk.

Done