Spectacular Puerto Galera Sunset

On our way to Puerto Galera I told my companion that I will be watching the sunset as soon as we set foot @ the island as I am always enthralled by the sunset view. Every time I set foot to a new place I always ended my travel taking pictures of the sunset. I believe that the best way to spend a day @ the beach is to rise with the sun and go down with the sun. I am always fascinated of the Divine Artist painting a canvas of blue, then lavender turning purplish, now a tinge of tangerine here, and a dab of golden yellow here.

On a sunny day, the sky above us looks bright blue, and in the evening, as the sun dips behind the horizon, the sky can shift to brilliant shades of red, pink and orange. Sunsets make for some of the most beautiful and unique photographs. What makes each sunset so unique?

The sunset is often more brightly colored than the sunrise due to the reason that the atmosphere responds in a number of ways to exposure to the Sun during daylight hours. In particular, there tends to be more dust in the lower atmosphere at the end of the day than at the beginning.

In her article “The Perfect Sunset” by Heidi Cullen she explained that sunset is a process called Rayleigh scattering, named after the British scientist Lord Reyleigh (1842-1919). The molecules of Earth’s atmosphere scatter sunlight preferentially. When the sun sets, light must travel further through the atmosphere before it reaches your eyes. That means more of the blue wavelengths are reflected and scattered leaving a longer red wavelengths behind for you to see.

But that’s only part of it. While the scattering of light through gas molecules in the atmosphere is the foundation, several other factors can help create sunsets, ranging from a delicate pink to deep shades of red. These include clouds, smog, and dust particles—all of which scatter sunlight just like the atmosphere. So, if you’re looking for ideal conditions to capture a sunset on film, pick a hazy evening, or one in which a thunderstorm or other cloud-producing weather system is moving off to the east, with clearing coming in from the western horizon and the setting sun illuminating the clouds. These are the making of a beautiful sunlight!

Sunset over the beach, I love how the sun is going down and you can see the trees which gives it a dramatic view. I am so glad that I did watched the sunset because I realized that Mother Nature gave me a nice gift to end my one day off! A beautiful ending to a beautiful day!