Sunset Clouds

Sunset Clouds

A sunset over Lake Hedge Court, Felbridge, England.

A Joshua tree stands in the high Mojave Desert against a twilight sky October 23, 2004 in Mojave, California. The Joshua trees is not a tree at all, but a large yucca belonging to the lily family and one of the Mojave Desert's oldest and most distinctive plants. The Joshua grows very slowly (about 3 inches per year) in the Mojave uplands, above 2,000 feet, in a soil made up of coarse sand and silt. 

A young couple and their child look out to the sea at sunset as Sri Lankans try to resume their normal lives after the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster on January 3, 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

A view of the spectacular colour of clouds at sunset on January 17, 2005 in Beijing, China. Beijing has reached its goal of 227 clear sky days in 2004 during the environmental protection campaign, the capital city has taken measures to improve its air quality before 2008, including launching the “Beijing Blue Sky” project.

A surfer enters the water as the sun sets through low clouds on June 23, 2005 at Cardiff State Beach in Cardiff-By-The-Sea, California. 

A dramatic sunset acts as a backdrop to Stonehenge on November 20, 2008 in Stonehenge, England.

Smoke from three days of Israeli air strikes against Hamas militants blends with brewing storm clouds to create a dramatic sunset over the Palestinian territory on December 29, 2008 viewed from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. 

A silhouette of a boy controlling the ball during the Gauteng Future Champions U17 Soccer Tournament on March 24, 2009 held in Soweto, South Africa.

The sky over Lands End darkens after the sun has set October 10, 2009 in Cornwall, England. 

A cloud lights up after sunset at the Guantanamo Bay detention center on March 29, 2010 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to close the prison by early 2010 but the administration has struggled to transfer, try or release the remaining detainees from the facility, located at the U.S. Naval base on the Caribbean island. 

Guests from a sunset dinner cruise are seen as the sun sets over the Thomson river on March 25, 2011 in Longreach, Australia. Queensland suffered a series of extreme floods from December 2010 to January 2011, affecting more than 200,000 people across more than 70 towns.

A hot air balloon is silhouetted against the sunset clouds during the Northampton Balloon Festival on 20h August 2000 at the Billing Aquadrome in Northampton, Great Britain.