{"id":4143,"date":"2014-08-29T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2014-08-29T07:30:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T12:30:50","slug":"thursday-night-sunset-returns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4143","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Night Sunset returns!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981-500x130.jpg\" alt=\"sky_ip_3981\" width=\"500\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981-500x130.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981-150x39.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981-1024x267.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981-900x235.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3981.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><em>Click on the image to view full-size<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Remember way back when, in days of yore, when Thursdays meant that I&#8217;d be posting sunset photos like clockwork?\u00a0 I&#8217;d sure like to get back to that for a while.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what the sky showed me last night, and I had the opportunity to be in a fantastic spot to capture it while sharing some quiet time with my sweetie.\u00a0 I know the shot above isn&#8217;t a sunset, but it was so beautiful I just had to share.\u00a0 But the real dazzle was yet to come&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007-500x170.jpg\" alt=\"sky_ip_4007\" width=\"500\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007-500x170.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007-150x51.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007-1024x348.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007-900x306.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_4007.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><em>Click on the image to view full-size<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last night had some amazing, brilliant colors.\u00a0 The orange and pink hues reflected by the clouds were a sight I&#8217;d been craving for some time.\u00a0 I&#8217;d either been tied up with Daddy stuff, reading to my boys at bedtime, or otherwise incapacitated when other sunsets presented&#8230;not this time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992-500x140.jpg\" alt=\"sky_ip_3992\" width=\"500\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992-500x140.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992-150x42.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992-1024x287.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992-900x252.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/08\/sky_ip_3992.jpg 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><em>Click on the image to view full-size<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like all amazing sunsets, they come and go quickly.\u00a0 Already the sky began to darken in the east as the reflected colors blazed on.\u00a0 Then, within a few short minutes, it was over.\u00a0 Before departing, the sky gave my bride and me a few precious moments to admire God&#8217;s handiwork and each other&#8217;s company.\u00a0 Oh, how I needed one of these.\u00a0 And I also wanted to make sure to share!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the image to view full-size Remember way back when, in days of yore, when Thursdays meant that I&#8217;d be posting sunset photos like clockwork?\u00a0 I&#8217;d sure like to get back to that for a while.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what the &hellip; 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