Weekly Photo Challenge : Descent

This descent is one of the long escalators into the St Petersburg metro. From the top, they appear to go down a very long way. It is reputed to be one of the deepest metros in the world, by virtue of the city’s unique geology.

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I am back. I have been missing the weekly photo challenge, so I am returning for this topic. My entry is in response to Cheri’s weekly photo challenge, “Descent”.

The Sunset that “Went Viral”

Dateline: Monday 28th July, 2014, 5:20 pm AEST. Location : Suburban Sydney

My wife called me to come and look at the interesting sunset that was forming, enhanced by a somewhat unusual cloud formation. I picked up a camera and headed for the deck, our best vantage point.

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Realising that it was really quite special, I then fetched a camera with a zoom lens, and achieved these results, just a couple of minutes later.

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By 7:30 pm, photos captured all over Sydney had appeared on Facebook, including post by two of my friends. Two photos were even shown on the ABC TV News as part of the weather segment.