Originally Posted at “Old Ones Dream” September 25, 2013.
Here on the ridge we like to make sure that the sun sets in its appointed place on each equinox and solstice, but another feature of life on the ridge is the strong likelihood of being “socked in”. So when Saturday was a total sock in all day rainy day, we mourned that we would not see the sacred sunset.
Another feature of life here on the ridge is that we are easily confused. So we were mourning the lost sunset on Saturday, September 21 while the date of the Autumnal Equinox here near Asheville was really September 22, at 4:44 PM. Well there we go again.
The real story here is that late in the afternoon of the almost equinox while we were accepting our loss of the sunset, we were stunned when the clouds and mist that obscured our view of the Headwaters Valley from the porch suddenly exploded into an aurora-like profusion of bright yellow that filled the valley. All of that thin mist and thin fog was back-lit by the yellow sun breaking through under the clouds to the West and it was breathtaking. It was also singularly un-photographable. We lived in it and through it for about a minute and it was amazing. Then the sun began to set and the following photos were among 48 that were taken during the next 30 minutes or so.
Another day confused in paradise.
Great pictures! Tomorrow (9/22) at 8:04 EDT is our next one. You’ve whetted my curiosity to be sure and observe the sky then