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Here's 3 pics taken from the High Uintas Henry's Fork Basin looking towards Gilbert Peak over a timespan of about 20 minutes. The pictures were taken at sundown with a cheap pocket film camera. The light cast on the eastern horizon just as the sun falls behind the westward mountains is called alpenglow.
I'm lookin for a place to spend the night.
Things start to get a weird color:
The sun just falls behind Mount Powell to the west and a tiny slice of the sun is glowing yellow/orange on Gilbert:
2 minutes later:
In another 2 or 3 minutes it will be over. The film photos are more dramatic. These versions have lost some gusto in the scanner.
I'm lookin for a place to spend the night.
Things start to get a weird color:

The sun just falls behind Mount Powell to the west and a tiny slice of the sun is glowing yellow/orange on Gilbert:

2 minutes later:

In another 2 or 3 minutes it will be over. The film photos are more dramatic. These versions have lost some gusto in the scanner.