Bob Rennie
Ross Milne
Nicole Phillips
Calen Knauf
Awesome Sunset
Yesterday was a bit of a strange day… It started out blazing hot, with the sun beating down on revelers at events, beaches and parks across the city. But that changed rather abruptly in the late afternoon – the rain came pouring down, and we were reminded once again that you can never predict the weather with 100% accuracy. Outdoor weddings got ruined, picnics were rained out, The Roots had to cancel at the Virgin Festival and the Illuminares Lantern Festival got sloppy… But in exchange for these inconveniences, we had the opportunity to witness one of the most breathtaking lightning storms and sunsets in Vancouver… ever!
Thundershowers, high humidity and a coastal haze resulted in a multi-hued evening sky that became a brilliant orange glow just before the sundown. Hundreds of thousands of people who had gathered to watch the fireworks “ooh’d” and “ahh’d” in unison as they were treated to amazing fork lightning displays. Photographers, both amateur and professional, were out in full force. If you managed to snap some great pics of the lightning or sunset last night, send them to events[at]vancouverisawesome.com with the subject line “Awesome Sunset” and we’ll put them on display in a future post! More pics after the break…
July 26th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
holy cow! nice pics!
July 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Gorgeous photos! I don’t believe I have ever seen the Vancouver sky like that before.
July 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
sky was crazy. fire red!
July 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Amazing photos capturing an amazing sunset. I seriously do not know how this summer could get any more epic.
July 26th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Wow. Just wow.
July 26th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
we are lucky soles to be vancouverites! dope flicks , the bridge one is really nice!
July 27th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Any chance we can get a hi-res copy of that first pic? Would be an awesome desktop wall paper.
July 27th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
what a crazy night! I was up in the British Properties (for the first time in my life) at a party with a view and it was bananas. Sky was pink to blue from west to east. Lots of lightning. Definitely one to remember.