*I think I really got lucky with these shots, some two years ago...*

*Yes, I shot these, and more... lots and lots more... on a mid-December evening, two years ago*

*Looking back at my folders, I seemed to have gotten better, more dramatic sunsets then... Wonder why I don't see similar scenes these days any more*

*Starting from when the sun was hanging low in the sky, until it had sunk beyond the horizon, and yet still spreading liquid fire across the sky...*

*All in a matter of minutes, 16 minutes.... that is all it took!
And I shot all of these handheld, no tripod!*

*Enjoyyy!*

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[![DSC01730b.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2q2J4wQNyvgexBRTroBQuAYAWzCVNoT4XPRq7u2DrQs/DSC01730b.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf2q2J4wQNyvgexBRTroBQuAYAWzCVNoT4XPRq7u2DrQs/DSC01730b.jpg)

<center>*Dusk comes early in December....
Even for us at the Equator
Shot this a minute to 7:00pm, 
and the sun was already bidding its farewell to the day*</center>

<center>*Clouds tinted gold... against a still blue sky
What more could one ask for!*</center>

<center>*Ahaaaa..... but....
Hold on to your seats, Ladies and Gents...
Showtime is about to begin...*</center><br>

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[![DSC01732b.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcUYodhKoqMVM1PYZyez4wL8Eds7ybGyhYnh8vz47iL3i/DSC01732b.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcUYodhKoqMVM1PYZyez4wL8Eds7ybGyhYnh8vz47iL3i/DSC01732b.jpg)

<center>*As the sun sinks further down below the horizon...
Some black is introduced to the skies
That is the game changer!*</center>

<center>*Hocus pocus.... 
whatever... 
newt's breath and lizard's tail...?
That seems to do the trick!*</center>

<center>*Some roiling, boiling of clouds in the sky
Turbulence brews....*</center><br>

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[![DSC01739b.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZKNusZ9Xd1tfqES4pQVGceAPWawTB8ocFoc2ZDHb4fY9/DSC01739b.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZKNusZ9Xd1tfqES4pQVGceAPWawTB8ocFoc2ZDHb4fY9/DSC01739b.jpg)

<center>*In minutes... the skies seem to clear
Dark clouds separate... and dissipate
Some white clouds even make an appearance
And liquid gold flows in...*</center>

<center>*Is this what they mean when they say,
in the fight between Evil against Good
Good triumphs and prevails...?
Probably it's just me... waxing lyrical...*</center><br>

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[![DSC01742b.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmex2mYaRJseihwYX3sF7r2RAMEjrNN47n2rwVLA3qCcub/DSC01742b.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmex2mYaRJseihwYX3sF7r2RAMEjrNN47n2rwVLA3qCcub/DSC01742b.jpg)

<center>*Zoom-in view
It's intense...*</center><br>

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[![DSC01751b.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbPu487Fe3YbgXoesmXkEBsoxDt5GxFmTMTmUtkm55kFV/DSC01751b.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbPu487Fe3YbgXoesmXkEBsoxDt5GxFmTMTmUtkm55kFV/DSC01751b.jpg)

<center>*Finally, it could only end with...
Fire in the sky!
Appearing as if flickers of flames licking at the heavens
Attempting to consume the entire sky
Spreading its wings wide and high...*</center>

<center>*Will it be extinguished?
Can it be?*</center>

<center>*Waiting on the wings is the dark of night
You can say, night saves the day...
Touché cliché*</center><br>

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