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I’ve been going through my iPhoto library, cleaning things out, making room. The library holds mostly iPhone pictures and pre-DSLR snapshots. In the process of going through them, I’ve stumbled upon some really terrible images, some really nostalgic images and then some, like the one above, that kind of make me breathless.

I took this in Santa Monica in early 2010, on my old iPhone (no filter), just after the sun went down. I don’t remember taking it. I love the way the horizon line blends with the colors and the hills fade softly into the ocean. And I love that the sand is completely black.

Sometimes great images are made by great cameras and purchased presets. Usually great images are made by great photographers. But sometimes, sometimes great images have nothing to do with the camera or the person behind it and are, instead, simply the result of the remarkable way the sun sinks behind the ocean.

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Also beautiful? This post by Laura Dart about a recent Kinfolk gathering.