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Photo Gallery: The Sky
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A morning sky can come in many colors, but on a cold December morning,
some time before the sunrise, it glowed in an unusual orange near the horizon,
running into gentle purple towards the zenith.
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After a warm, sunny November day on Madeira's neighbour island Porto Santo,
I boarded the ferry back to Madeira. As the last sunlight slowly faded,
a host of fleecy clouds shimmered in delicate colors.
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On a February evening, I went to a viewpoint near the village Ribeira Brava at Madeira's south coast.
I relished the sunset in the warmth while I knew that it was bitter winter in Germany.
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Early morning sky, Germany, December 1991.
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Cloudy evening sky over Porto Santo (Madeira's neighbor island), 1997.
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Sunset at Madeira's south coast, 1999.
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I was reading a book in Skagen's youth hostel when I noticed that the evening light
from the window had turned an unusual yellow.
When I left the house, the sky seemed to burn in intense colors.
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When the dusk was falling, I climbed upon the roof
with my camera and a tiny tripod to get a time exposure of the mood and the evening sky.
The clouds are a bit blurred because they were moving during the exposure.
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It took me some time until I realized that the strange thing
that was glowing in a faint green low above the horizon,
was not a cloud but a northern light.
Unfortunately, its gentle movements cannot be captured in a time exposure.
The yellow spot at the bottom is the the glow of the moon that was just about to rise.
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Evening sky in Gamle Skagen, Denmark, 1990.
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Moon behind cloud on evening sky, Germany, 1984.
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Northern lights, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1992.
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