Driving home from class Thursday evening about 6:30 the sun finally dropped below our cloud cover, very near the horizon.  Suddenly the trees along the freeway were in technicolor.  They glowed as if I were wearing polarized sunglasses, but I wasn’t.  The colors were deep and rich, orange, red and gold, it looked as though they were on fire.

The sky color deepened as well, to a darker blue and grey, with big huge clouds carrying pink underbellies.  The pink darkened to orange.  Amazing.  The trees had set the sky on fire.