Just before the sun went down the air turned blue and magenta. The large moon was close and visible in daylight. The next day was the moon was closer to the earth than it would be in another 30 years.
Immatuure Herring Gull perched a top a man made dune on the beach at Chincoteatgue, just before sunset. The light turned the purple-magenta just visible on the gulls neck and grey back.
This sunset might look like a painters' interpretation, but in fact it looked like this. The South East is enduring drought conditions, we had no clouds or rain, yet this evening this sunset favored us for a few minutes.