Sunset to the East

The sun, most everyone knows, sets in the West. Which is only one reason sunset on August 23rd was so spectacular.

These two photos were taken looking to the East and a little South.

The real reason this sunset was so spectacular is the size of the cloud that reflected the evening sunbeams.

It's impossible to capture the immensity in a photo. Imagine that it's your field of vision, this huge, glowing red cloud perched above and behind ominous dark clouds.

Then this red cloud gets bigger and bigger as it slowly moves towards the south, finally fading as the sun itself recedes lower below the horizon.

It doesn't take long.  Everything changes in just few minutes.