On one hand, I think the best way to experience this very sunset* is to watch the video I made: Colorado Sunset Time-Lapse – In A Colorado Minute (Week 341). But just looking at a few of the photos I took that night works even better for realizing how much the scene changes during a Colorado sunset – before and after the sun disappears first behind the mountains, then behind the true horizon.
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Before the sun sets. |
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As the sun sets behind the mountains. |
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-72EX6hi9wIA/WCt-PQRfdnI/AAAAAAAAH80/WiucMVuofDAxzqHS6FSYNWRY5Q3yYsypgCLcB/s400/Colorado%2BSunset_MIN%2B341_03.jpg) |
After the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains. |
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F3Wi9Isd6TA/WCt-Px_w1cI/AAAAAAAAH9A/-Tx-Pk4Gvks5xYsLJ2RFSvhc5-UJ06VTgCLcB/s400/Colorado%2BSunset_MIN%2B341_04_main.jpg) |
The most magic time during a river reflection sunset. |
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As the sun sets behind the true horizon. |
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZN80kn6Bf0/WCt-QcoLAVI/AAAAAAAAH9E/Zw7yscFEgso-X2djlTPdqviYdy5WoqLWgCLcB/s400/Colorado%2BSunset_MIN%2B341_06.jpg) |
After the sun sets behind the true horizon. |
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* besides watching it live with your own eyes, which would require you to time travel)
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