Sunrise or sunset?

[sprinks]

It's almost 2am... And I have this blue piece of material over my blinds that keeps making me think the sun is rising. The sky lately is beautiful when the sun rises. So I'm going to wait up a few more hours and watch it rise, should only be about another 4 hours. Then I started wondering, do the people of litnet prefer to watch the sunrise or sunset? Personally I tend to prefer sunrise. Although I do love a good, long, slow sunset with pretty colours. So what do you prefer to watch, and why?

[MattG]

I pick sunset. Van Gogh liked to paint at night because he thought that everything looked 'more alive'. That makes an inherent sort of sense to me as I've always preferred night to day. To me, sunset is the precursor versus the cue to close.

[Emil Miller]

I pick sunset. Van Gogh liked to paint at night because he thought that everything looked 'more alive'. That makes an inherent sort of sense to me as I've always preferred night to day. To me, sunset is the precursor versus the cue to close.

Difficult to say, we hardly ever see the sun in the UK.

[MattG]

Difficult to say, we hardly ever see the sun in the UK.

And I feel a natural kinship to your kind, sir.

[kandaurov]

I voted 'both/either'. How unpoetic, I know. I'm not picky though, either is fine by me.

[sprinks]

I pick sunset. Van Gogh liked to paint at night because he thought that everything looked 'more alive'. That makes an inherent sort of sense to me as I've always preferred night to day. To me, sunset is the precursor versus the cue to close.

that's interesting. Yes, I get what you mean. I love finding out what other people think about the matter.

Difficult to say, we hardly ever see the sun in the UK.

oh that doesn't seem like much fun It's summer here still right now so the sun is always bright and the sky clear, although some sunsets and sunrises are still quite cloudy.

I voted 'both/either'. How unpoetic, I know. I'm not picky though, either is fine by me.

there is nothing wrong with that! I think it's great you don't prefer one over the other. Means you don't always do what I do like staying up all night to watch the sunrise because you get sick of only watching sunsets for so long!

[kandaurov]

Haha, but you could just set the alarm for 5 minutes before sunrise, right? Can't say I don't find it impressive, staying up all the way through the night just to see the sunrise, the zeal in you! :P

[Emil Miller]

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oh that doesn't seem like much fun It's summer here still right now so the sun is always bright and the sky clear, although some sunsets and sunrises are still quite cloudy.



Yes you are right, it is no fun at all, but unfortunately the Uk is simply situated in the wrong place on the globe. If I were very wealthy I would live in a sunnier environment, probably the South of France, and have houses situated around the world so that I could follow the sun throughout the year and never have to live with the sort of weather that we usually get in England. In my view, people who are wealthy enough to live elsewhere yet continue to live in the UK are either being obtuse or are just plain mad.

[wessexgirl]

In my view, people who are wealthy enough to live elsewhere yet continue to live in the UK are either being obtuse or are just plain mad.

Or may like our climate, with it's changes in season .

I don't like to be too cold, but I can't stand to be too hot either, and on the whole would rather have to wrap up to keep warm, in preference to being uncomfortably hot. I like a bit of snow.

[Emil Miller]

Or may like our climate, with it's changes in season .

I don't like to be too cold, but I can't stand to be too hot either, and on the whole would rather have to wrap up to keep warm, in preference to being uncomfortably hot. I like a bit of snow.

Well, we are going a bit off topic here but personally I hate cold weather and can't stand snow. I love it when it is hot. However, the thing that distinguishes the UK from places like Australia is the almost perpetual cloud cover that hangs over the country and makes everything seem so depressing.
It is hardly surprising that so many people have left the UK to live in Spain and other Mediterranean countries. The forecast for this year's summer is that it is going to be a very good one. I do sincerely hope so, the last couple have been terrible and I long for some blue skies and sunshine.

[kilted exile]

Sunset, it goes down over the lake. Which is very nice.
pic of sunset: http://www.pbase.com/bob_n/image/64741833

I get to see sunrise at work every morning over the cardboard dumpster

[Niamh]

I love sunset. they pink, orange, purple hues of the clouds of the sun on the sky as it dips below the horizon, the sky becomes dark with twilight, before the moon and the stars grace the night sky.

[Dori]

Typically I prefer sunsets, but there was a particular sunrise that I saw which absolutely captivated me. Here's a pic:

[*Classic*Charm*]

I pick sunset. Van Gogh liked to paint at night because he thought that everything looked 'more alive'. That makes an inherent sort of sense to me as I've always preferred night to day. To me, sunset is the precursor versus the cue to close.

That's exactly how I feel. Everything is more alive at night, and the sunset is just the beginning of that.

[Emil Miller]

Many years ago, J.B.Priestly (nobody seems to read him now) wrote a book called The Moments in which he described certain times when he had felt perfectly at ease with the world and completely happy. They were usually occasioned by small seemingly inconsequential things and couldn't be planned for.
This thread has reminded me of one such moment which took place years ago in a rather run down seaside resort called Margate on the east coast of England. I had travelled there with a friend as a pillion passenger on his motorcycle and we spent the day wandering along the beach to Broadstairs where Charles Dickens had once lived. Back in Margate that evening we were having a drink on the balcony of a seafront public house when the huge orange sun began to go down. It was absolutely spectacular because it literally fell from the sky towards the sea where it hung momentarily before plunging below the horizon. All at once some long fluffy strips of cloud out at sea turned brilliant pink and for a moment I had one of those out of body experiences where I seemed to disolve into the scene. It was one of the few truly happy moments that I have experienced but, as I have said elsewhere on this thread, we don't get summers like that these days.