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    First Sunset of 2023

    January 2, 2023 | 9:41 AM
    in NEWS, OUTDOORS
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    WSR is grateful for the gifts we receive from our readers, such as the photographs and email sent by Liz Goldstein, written on the first night of 2023.

    Hi Rag, happy new year! Not sure if anyone else has written in about tonight’s stunning sunset… my willpower beat out last night’s overindulgences (surely, a bottle of Prosecco split three ways counts as “a nightcap”, right?) and I made it out for my usual run around the reservoir in time to capture these photos. It was an absolutely magical show Mother Nature put on, and on what’s probably the busiest day here at the track. Tourists and joggers were both not disappointed! It was a stunning and beautiful shared beginning for 2023.
    Liz

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    10 Comments
    Linda
    Linda
    3 years ago

    Stunning ,Liz. Thank you.

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    NYYgirl
    NYYgirl
    3 years ago

    Gorgeous!

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    Susan T.
    Susan T.
    3 years ago

    Wow! Beautiful, stunning photographs of such a spectacular sunset…thanks for sharing these images.

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    Neighbor785
    Neighbor785
    3 years ago

    Beautiful! A friend and I were admiring that sunset yesterday.

    Last edited 3 years ago by Neighbor785
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    Viviane Topp
    Viviane Topp
    3 years ago

    I saw the sky. Spectacular. I should have walked to the river . I don’t know how to post my photo of the sunset

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    Barbara Bryan
    Barbara Bryan
    3 years ago

    Thanks a million for these sunset photos!

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    Lawrence Braverman
    Lawrence Braverman
    3 years ago

    I happened to write this yesterday for some friends:

    Sunset #1 from the living room

    Multicolored clouds
    In battalions race east
    Under celestial seas.

    Pink purple blue and the moon-
    The first of the year vanished…
    too soon, too soon.

    A fiery strut across the footlights
    Then a moment of blaze replaced by the night.

    Later cacophonies of explosions ripped that night
    Fireworks… or an echo from nearby Ukraine?
    I’m always seeing Ukraine.

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    Bill S.
    Bill S.
    3 years ago

    Wow. Caught it on Westside Hgy heading South. Spectacular.

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    victoria@westsidemews
    victoria@westsidemews
    3 years ago

    Beautiful pics! Thanks for posting this, WSR. Happy New Year everyone.

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    JaneW
    JaneW
    3 years ago

    I want to frame this! Could we convince Liz to extend her work to picture framing? Sunsets 🌆 are the best way advertise the UWS gorgeous-ness! ☺️

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