West Seattle sunset: Vivid end to wonderful weekend

(Photo by Don Brubeck)
Hope you were able to see the colors firsthand … after some drizzle and lightning, one of the most intensely colorful sunsets we’ve seen in a long time.

(Photo provided by Gary Smith with permission of anonymous photographer)
It’s only now ebbing with a line of deep pink in the northwest.

(Photo by Greg)
What a way to end West Seattle Summer Fest weekend!

(Photo by James Bratsanos)
Thanks to everyone who’s sharing photos – more:

(Photo by Jissy)
The colors were visible from the stands during the Sounders game, and back across the bay, from the sands of Alki:

(Photo by Eilene Hutchinson)
Might be another two or three to add – still reviewing the mail – again, thank you.

LatteRose July 13, 2014 (10:43 pm)

This was just a phenomenal sunset tonight!
Amaaaazing! Thanks for the great photos!

Klk July 14, 2014 (5:30 am)

Agreed! It was amazing.

miws July 14, 2014 (5:53 am)

Great pics! Thanks to everyone who shared!

Mike

Delridge Dude July 14, 2014 (8:47 am)

Wow, if that paddleboard lightning pic wasn’t blurry, you could sell it to Seattle Tourism Board :)

WSB July 14, 2014 (8:51 am)

Yes, the sender noted that it was taken by a visitor at a neighbor’s house with a cell phone, and certainly it was my choice to publish it or not, but it was the only shot we received with lightning and I thought that plus the paddleboarder trumped a bit of blur – TR

Seriously? July 14, 2014 (9:45 am)

Paddle boarding in an electrical storm? The Darwin Awards await your entry.

WSB July 14, 2014 (10:16 am)

Sorry, didn’t have time to publish the entirety of the note sent to me by the person who forwarded the photo but OF COURSE the paddleboarder returned to shore upon sighting lightning.

Lura Ercolano July 14, 2014 (12:09 pm)

Seattle Times had a brief explanation of why the sunset was so red: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024068140_sundaysunsetxml.html

paywall, unfortuneately.

residents July 14, 2014 (8:12 pm)

Up at 38th and Willow there were cars pulling in left and right and maybe 40 people, then over at 38th and Frontenac another 25, many with cameras, tripods, and zoom lenses. Never seen a sunset that dramatic in my life: wild color blanketing a huge expanse, threatening skies, lightning, and vivid reflections off the eddies in an otherwise calm puget sound.