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Sunset Sail, In Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, As A City Place
The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon. Near to the horizon, atmospheric refraction causes the ray path of light from the Sun to be distorted to such an extent that geometrically the Sun's disk is already about one diameter below the horizon when a sunset is observed. [from wikipedia] |
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The sailboat was a small sloop with all the tourists seated on deck.
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A pirate ship motored past just off the starboard side.
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A cloudy sky promised a poor sunset. No rain, just low cloud cover reaching over the horizon.
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Other boats were out that evening. One sailboat had its sails rigged and was headed out to sea.
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The horizon glowed red just under distant clouds.
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The tops of the wave took on a red hue as the sunset began.
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The sun managed to poke its glow through just under the edge of the cloud cover.
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Despite cloud cover, the sunset turned dramatic as it lit up the entire sky.
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The clouds to the right of the sun glowed red as if the sea were piled with molten lava.
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The clouds to the left of the sunset remained dark and gray.
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Like a scene from the end of the world, the entire sea and sky glowed read.
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Three hotel buildings on shore reflected the sunset.
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The sunset began to fade. It left behind a band of red sky still illuminating the sea surface.
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The sun vanished with just a wrinkle of red still glowing near the horizon.
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