An Unexpected Benefit

These are certainly not the first humid, hazy summer days I've experienced. And yet, I somehow never noticed what the sun looks like when it's setting in weather like this. Because of the haze, you can look directly at it, and it's this incandescent red-orange sphere just hanging there in the sky. It looks kind of like the Apocalypse, but in a cool way.

I noticed it for the first time when I was walking back down to the house after shutting the chickens in their coop a couple of nights ago. And again last night, there it was. I was determined to get a picture of it this time, so I went down to the beach where the view of it wouldn't be obstructed by trees. But when I got down there, the haze had obscured it too much, and the glow of it was so diminished, it was barely visible. I took the picture anyway, but it doesn't convey how incredibly impressive the sun looked. Like so much else in life, you just had to be there.

Disappointing. You'll just have to trust me.