Sunset - in the wrong place!!!!!! :S

Date: 27 May 2006 23:10:14

As it was a lovely evening, and I hadn't been out all day, I decided to cycle round the corner from mumbles to watch the sunset. I've done this on previous occasions and I have a favourite spot by the sea down there for watching it. This photograph shown below, is one that I've taken previously from this spot.

I got there today, expecting a lovely sunset because the sky was fairly clear. And there was nothing. This photograph, was taken from the same place, not long before sunset time tonight:

As you can see, there is a slight pinkness in the sky, but no sun.

At this point I just decided the sun was hiden behind some clouds and decided to leave it. I noticed though, that further round to the north there seemed to be some pretty clouds. So, I decided to climb the hill which is behind Mumbles and see if I could take some good photos of the clouds. I was very surprised, to reach the top of this hill and find an amazing, bright pink sunset. In the wrong place. From Mumbles, (for those of you who know Swansea) it was setting over the land. Not over the sea, as you can see above. Unfortunately my camera batteries decided to die on me, so I wasn't able to take as many photos as I would have liked, but I did get a couple. This one shows the sun over the land, from the top of Mumbles Hill.

And this one was taken later, when I'd come down off the hill and cycled back to Mumbles:

It is a well known fact that from Mumbles, you cannot see the sunset. You have to go around the corner, because, as you can see here Mumbles faces just about east. So, what on earth is going on?!?!?! There will probably be some people who won't believe me, and thats fine. But I know what I saw and I've got photographic evidence to prove it. If anyone has any suggestions as to how/why this has happened or saw the sun setting elsewhere in the world, then please comment! I'm just confused! :S