This scene features a sunset across the Atlantic, as viewed from North Carolina. Yes, that’s right, sunset. How on earth…? Actually, such a shot is perfectly reasonable, when considering that this part of the coast lies west-northwest to east-southeast, and the late winter sun sets at a slightly offshore angle to the beach. After sunset, I was treated to another peculiar scene more common to California: wildfire smoke from inland, also viewed across ocean waters.
1 ESE Atlantic Beach NC (12 Mar 8) Looking WSW
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