Not all nice sunsets require layers of textured high clouds lit dazzlingly from beneath. This was one of my favorites for its clean, balanced simplicity, punctuated by that fleeting moment when the plane passed directly astern of the setting sun. The slightly dusty post-dryline air subtly diffused colors in ways not often seen in these parts. As a bonus, I was treated to well-lit thunderheads behind my back and color-crowned flanking towers over my left shoulder. The sky put on quite a splendid show in central Oklahoma that evening!
Norman OK (22 Apr 99) Looking WNW
35.2233, -97.3974