"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" A Beautiful Sunset and One Odd Photo | Eastern North Carolina Now

   On June 25, 2011, at about 8:06 p.m., I began taking pictures of a beautiful sunset before I joined my wife waiting for me at the Turnage Theater, here in Washington, North Carolina. It was a night when the air was clear (no smoke from the fires raging in Dare County and Pender County), the clouds were mostly high in the dusky sky, and the clouds were a mixture of the varieties of cirrus and cumulus clouds that are so profound in drawing the last rays of the sinking sun, projecting splashes of the most interesting hues of rich pastels.

    Extraordinary Sunsets for me are more visually stimulating than a laser light show synchronized to the catalogue of Pink Floyd classics. Little did I know that the remarkable sunset over the Pamlico River would take a back seat to the unusual, near-infamous photo that I discovered the next night, when I examined the images made on that Saturday night.

   I have published these photos in the order in which I took them. I did this to assuage any notion that I had any smudge on my lens when I made the yet-to-be-debunked image showcasing the infamous "puff of movement."
Looking along the docked boats toward the sinking sun: Above.

This image is an interesting example of the clouds that turned a pale rosy shade before the evening was over and the Fountain powerboat slowly cutting through the still waters of the Pamlico River: Above. Look closely and you will notice a young Marine in full dress, with a lady in a wedding gown in that aforementioned Fountain power craft: Below.


Looking up the Pamlico River, we see the setting sun of a dying day: Above. Looking down the river, we see the mostly cumulus clouds that shortly burst into so much color: Below.


Looking at the rear of the commercial buildings on West Main Street, where another form of commercial endeavors struggles to find a footing in this long Great Recession: Above.
"Please help me explain this." This is the predominate request that I pose to our loyal readership of BCN, an alternative media source, in the recent article, "Odd Picture on a Beautiful Night."
Click here or on the picture above to see the larger image of this oddity.


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