Hino Sunsets

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the sunsets in Hinoba-an, as seen from Happy Valley Beach, are lovely. Well, this is rather disingenuous really, lovely being a gross understatement.

Hinoba-an sunsets are spectacular—at once intense and sublime. Nature offers them up in an unobstructed 180-degree panorama with crystal visibility and soul-stirring drama. The late sun ablaze in a kaleidoscopic sky, rushing towards, touching, sinking into, then finally disappearing beyond the horizon.

Here are a few pictures with source acknowledgments. Noteworthy is that none of these were shot with a dSLR. Our contributors are casual photographers largely bereft of any advanced technical know-how (no aspersions intended, quite the contrary kudos to all); their cameras undoubtedly set on snapshot/auto mode. ‘Inspired’ is certainly a befitting way of describing these gems: