Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

5The Scale of Time

The Sun and Distance

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First the sun’s circle, then the edges of mountains and cities. Finally a small boat comes into view on the water. Light can open up a great distance, or pick out one small part of it.

  1. The sun through haze; A large orange sun hangs in a hazy brown sky with fine horizontal bands.
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    The sun through haze

  1. Sunset above a dark ridge; A small sun drops behind layered dark hills, framed by a warm orange field of sky.
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    Sunset above a dark ridge

  2. A red sunset above the city; An intense red band surrounds the sun above a city almost lost in shadow.
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    A red sunset above the city

  1. Warm bands of cloud stretch above a dark bay and shoreline.
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    A glow above the coast

  2. A soft sunset over the coast; Fine orange clouds stretch across a dark sky above a curving coastline.
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    A soft sunset over the coast

  1. Sunset over the sea with boats; The sun touches the sea beside a dark headland and two small boats.
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    Sunset over the sea with boats

  2. Two sailboats at sunset; Two sailboats sit apart on a calm sea beneath the setting sun.
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    Two sailboats at sunset

  3. Sunset, islands and a boat; A small sun hangs over layered islands and a lone boat on silver water.
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    Sunset, islands and a boat

  1. Sailboats over the sunset sea; The low sun sits beside distant sailboat masts above dark waves.
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    Sailboats over the sunset sea