Winter Prairie Sunset: glowing red skies on retreat

Today, the wind dropped and the temperature rose to close to zero. And at sunset, a celebration of pinks and golds in the sky.

Light vanishes quickly from the sky here on the Prairies — at least, in winter darkness falls fast... (Summer? Another story.)

These pictures were taken from my room at St. Peter's Abbey, where I am on a writing retreat.

Sunset. 6:48 p.m.  © SB

Sunset. 6:57 p.m.   © SB

What is this? Sunset 

Location: Near Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada

Photo dates:  February 22, 2013

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Sunset in Blowing Snow: Saskatchewan

Winter. Winds howl, close to blizzard, though no fresh snow. Ground shifts, swirls in patterns, writhing snakes. Roads disappear in white scales, slither into fields. Over buried stubble, the sun sets. And the world burns, violet and orange.

Winter Sunset.  © Shelley Banks

What is this? Sunset over drifting snow
Location: Near Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Photo date: January 6, 2013  

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