{"id":2032,"date":"2012-08-19T07:24:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T07:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2012-08-19T07:24:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T07:24:51","slug":"ailsas-travel-photography-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=2032","title":{"rendered":"Ailsa's travel photo challenge: Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ailsa suggested we post a photo of a memorable sunset this week.\u00a0 On her blog she has photos of US sunsets in soft lavender, pink and yellow hues:\u00a0 http:\/\/wheresmybackpack.com\/2012\/08\/17\/sunset\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The best sunset I’ve ever seen was almost a physical experience.\u00a0 Unlike the US sunsets, this one was a solid ball of gold in an unclouded New Caledonian sky.\u00a0 I had noticed the fiery sun low in the sky, just above the ocean, but before I could become too contemplative, it descended into the water and I couldn’t look away.\u00a0 Only seconds passed from the moment I first saw it to its disappearance below the horizon, as though it had drowned in the sea.\u00a0 I could almost hear a hiss!\u00a0 I stood in confusion, knowing that the earth had moved, not the sun.<\/p>\n

I’m currently translating a small book of New Caledonian legends by Claudine Jacques, colourfully illustrated by Papou, so when I saw Ailsa’s suggestion of sunset images I immediately thought of late afternoons in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia.\u00a0 This Pacific island, not far from the north-eastern coast of Australia, is a French ‘special collectivity’.\u00a0 That is, it used to be a territory colonised by the French from 1854, but now the people are working towards independence and power is gradually being transferred from France to New Caledonia over a 20 year period, looking towards 2018.\u00a0 Unless the French can convince them otherwise.<\/p>\n

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Winter Sunset, Noumea, New Caledonia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ailsa suggested we post a photo of a memorable sunset this week.\u00a0 On her blog she has photos of US sunsets in soft lavender, pink and yellow hues:\u00a0 http:\/\/wheresmybackpack.com\/2012\/08\/17\/sunset\/ The best sunset I’ve ever seen was almost a physical experience.\u00a0 Unlike the US sunsets, this one was a solid ball of gold in an unclouded … <\/p>\n

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