Toward sunset, the city was covered with a pancake of cloud, dark and shadowed underneath. Beyond the cloud's edge, to the west and south, the colors of sunset glowed in a thin band.
I watched for a while, and noticed one spot slowly growing brighter. This, I surmised, was where the sun was setting. It continued to glow brighter, but the overall scene was unchanged - a flat, shadowed layer of cloud overhead, fringed with a narrow band of color.
Suddenly, the entire sky glowed red, as the sun dropped low enough to cast light on the underside of the clouds. The light revealed new details in what, in shadow, appeared flat and featureless. Bands and ripples of cloud glowed in different shades of light and shadow.
Then the color began to slowly deepen into the longer wavelengths of red with the brightest spots taking a rich, golden hue. The color stretched from overhead to the horizon to the east, south and west. An experience of pure beauty - nothing to be done but be present in it.
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