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This picture was taken in December, 2010. Betsy and I had gone to Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina to enjoy the beach and get some good seafood. An advantage to our December beach trip was that we could enjoy the sunset from our room at the inn.

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We often get beautiful, colorful sunsets on the Plateau. An advantage of sunsets this time of the year is that we can watch the sun drop over the horizon without a lot of trees in the way from the 12th tee of the golf course near our home. This picture was taken in late November of this year.

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On our second evening at the Grand Canyon we were able to enjoy a sunset from Mather Point. The light and shadows in the canyon itself were unbelievably beautiful, and the sky turned a beautiful gold-red as the sun sank lower toward the horizon.

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This is another picture I snapped one evening as we were traveling across Oklahoma. The light streaming through the hole in the clouds seemed to be showing us the way.

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I went to my archives for this picture of a sunset sky in the western North Carolina Mountains. The picture was taken from friends' cabin near Otto, North Carolina.

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While driving west through Oklahoma on our trip I stopped to get some pictures of the setting sun. I then looked behind me to the east and saw these clouds -- dark at the base, but still lit by sunlight above.

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As Betsy and I traveled west through Oklahoma for the first time, we were impressed by the flat landscape, the wide open spaces and a gorgeous sunset. The sun rays were so beautiful that I had to pull over on the interstate to snap this picture of June 11.

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In May the sun sets over the mainland from Ocean Isle Beach. But one evening I captured these colors in the sky moments after the sun dropped below the horizon.

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I took this picture of the setting sun on a rainy, foggy evening on Mount Nebo in Arkansas. The sunsets are usually spectacular from Mount Nebo, but this is as good as it got that particular day. I will admit, though, that I like this picture with the golden reflection on the wet rocks.

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Sunsets on the Plateau can be beautiful. I captured this picture of the afterglow from the golf course. I really like the red-gold color of the sky.

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This picture was taken in December, 2010, in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. I was intrigued by the reflection of the sky in the water of the marshes bordering the Intracoastal Waterway and captured this scene.

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One of the advantages of visiting the beach in December is that we could enjoy both the sunrise and the sunset from the balcony of our room. This is a December sunset from Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.

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The South Pacific is supposed to conjure up visions of sunshine, palm trees and water as far as the eye can see. Those visions became reality for me back in 1987, when I captured this sunset on the island of Bali.

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We're blessed with some beautiful sunsets on this part of the Plateau here in Tennessee. The picture above was taken from the golf course fairway behind our house. It was taken this past September when there were still leaves on the trees. The next morning should have been nice since we had such a beautiful red sky at night.

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The picture above was taken early this year as the sun was setting here on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. The picture was taken on the Druid Hills Gold Course in Fairfield Glade.

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We think the Glade is beautiful any time of the year or any time of the day. This is picture was taken late in the day on the Druid Hill Golf Course. It was a beautiful ending to a beautiful day.