The Sunset Starts
Sky on Fire!
A few days ago, I was at the woods at sunset, when an absolutely astonishing sunset began to happen. As the sun started to go down in the south-west, as it does at this time of year, the clouds opposite, in the north-east, started to take on an amazing colour.
The Colour Starts to Build
The Colour Spreads
At Its Glorious Peak
Slowly the colour began to get progressively more intense, and the colour started to change from yellow, through orange, to pink. The clouds looked like a scene from the movie “Independence Day”. Every cloud seemed to be affected and the sky looked as if it were on fire.
Every minute, the scene was changing, as it faded through shades of red and pink to darkness.
I have never seen a sky like it over the woods. It was quite incredible.
Fading to Pink
Continuing to Fade to pink
Sun Disappearing
Last Pink Clouds
The last rays opposite the entrance
Alvecote Wood 
Amazing skies! Were they related to the tail-end of the hurricane that crossed the Atlantic, I wonder?
It certainly seemed to be related to an incoming weather front, so maybe the hurricane. The skies are just amazing at the moment – looking forward to more photos tomorrow, when it should be clear again.
Fantastic skyscapes.