Sun enchanted evening: Photographers capture spectacular sunset over Greater ...
21.09.11
A spectacular sunset over Manchester had unprofessional photographers dashing for their cameras last night.
The setting sun lit up a bank of low cloud to bask the undamaged sky overhead in an orange glow.
Nature's evening headlamp show lasted for over half an hour up until about 7.15pm and commuters across the burgh were seen gazing upwards to take it in.
Many posted comments and pictures on Excitement about the spectacle.
Joel Weaver wrote: "Manchester providing a perfumed sunset tonight!" and Kieran Crosby posted a tweet saying the sunset was 'mentally chill'.
Rachel Spink said: "The sunset in Manchester tonight was so actual I saw 3 separate people taking photos of it on their phones at Oxford Rd."
And a Peep user called Emmma wrote: "Whoda intelligence a nice sunset would bring out the feminine side of all the blokes in Manchester. Awww"
So many people were posting images and comments that the consultation 'sunset' began trending on Twitter in Manchester.
Source: Manchester Evening News