a picture I took of the Coast Range reflecting in a rice paddy in California's Central Valley, at just that time of day/twilight hangs above my monitor at home. The pink is strongest in the water.

Speaking of the moon, the picture you posted shows what looks like a rising moon on the horizon, oddly squarish through so much atmosphere, and it reminded me of a time I was flying between Portland and Seattle, as the moon rose over the Cascades. It took FOREVER, as the plane and the moon seemed to be in a kind of dance, with the angle of view out the window always keeping the moon at about midway up. And rectangular. Truly. It was the most angular moon I had ever seen, and even when it was fully free of the mountains, it was still ovoid for some time. It did not assume a circular form until it was quite a ways above the horizon.

And then for some reason, that reminds me of the Green Flash I saw while flying south from Seattle. There were many fires buring in the forests of Southern Oregon and Northern California, so the setting sun was distinctly red and dim as the plane flew over Mt Shasta. As we went farther and farther south, the smoke layer almost blotted out the sun, but as it slipped farther and farther below the horizon, it brightened somewhat (the smoke seemed mostly between about 10,000 and 20,000 ft). Then as it slipped all the way into the Pacific (I couldn't see the ocean, but knew it was there), a flash of green appeared at the top of the solar arc, very bright, and it lasted a surprisingly long time (maybe .5 sec?) I'd heard about it but never seen it.

Quite a sight!

Cheers, BR