The sun lights up the clouds as it sets over northwest D.C. Generally I’ve found it difficult to really capture the beauty of sunrise and sunset with a camera. While a shot like this shows some of the color that was in the sky, it doesn’t put it in the appropriate context, which is that of a grand vista. (Maybe I should have tried to take a panorama, but I didn’t think of that at the time.) The thumbnail at right shows more of the context from which the above photo was taken—I was standing on the railing of the Duke Ellington Bridge, looking westish toward the Taft Bridge. I’ll try to remember to take another shot like this once the leaves return to the trees—the view is very different then. By the way, yesterday was the first day I noticed buds on some trees around here. Spring is already on its way!