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Yves Paternoster

Sunrise & Sunset

The two ends of the day, when the sun sits low enough to give a landscape its depth.

8 photographs

The causeway to Mont Saint-Michel at dawn, the abbey a pale silhouette in the mist under a deep blue sky with an orange band on the horizon.
Mont Saint Michel in the mist at sunriseLe Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel in silhouette after sunset, reflected in a channel of water left on the sand at low tide, the sky graded from orange to violet.
Mont Saint-Michel at sunsetLe Mont-Saint-Michel
A bare dead tree standing in rows of lavender, silhouetted against a violet and orange sky as the sun rises behind it.
Dead tree in a lavender field at sunrise
Marram grass on the dunes at De Haan lit sidelong by the setting sun, with the North Sea and a clear orange sky behind.
Sunset on the dunes at De HaanDe Haan
A wooden jetty running out over pale green water towards a distant boat, under a heavy grey cloud bank with a thin band of light at the horizon.
The jetty at sunrise, NoirmoutierNoirmoutier-en-l'Île
A bare curving tree branch arching over rocks on the shore, framing the sun rising through cloud over the sea.
Sunrise through the dead tree, NoirmoutierNoirmoutier-en-l'Île
A channel of seawater winding across the beach at low tide, catching the gold of the rising sun through broken cloud.
Sunrise at De Haan, North SeaDe Haan
Two people on horseback crossing the wet sand at low tide, silhouetted against a pink and orange sunset reflected in the shallow water.
Riders at low tide, De HaanDe Haan