Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

5The Scale of Time

The Sun and Distance

Story 34 of 51 · 9 photographs

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. A large golden sun glows through fine horizontal bands in a hazy brown sky.
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    The sun through haze

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  1. A small sun hangs above layered dark hills beneath a warm orange sky.
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    Low sun above dark ridges

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

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

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  2. Fine orange clouds stretch across a dark sky above a curving coastline.
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    Soft light over the coast

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  1. The sun sits just above the sea beside a dark headland and two small boats.
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    Low sun over the sea and boats

  2. Two sailboats sit apart on a calm sea beneath a low sun.
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    Two sailboats beneath a low sun

  3. A small sun hangs over layered islands and a lone boat on silver water.
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    Islands and a boat beneath a low sun

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  1. The low sun sits beside distant sailboat masts above dark waves.
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    Sailboats beneath an orange sky

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