Sunset over the Straits of Malacca

On my last evening at Pontian, TKY and I drove down the beach-front to see if we could witness one of the gorgeous sunsets he talked about. Well, conditions weren't perfect with the cloud about, but the sun still put on a pleasant show as it slowly sank over the calm Straits of Malacca. There's no surfing here: no waves and sheets of mud at low tide. But the sun-light made the normally drab mud-flats shimmer beautifully. Have a look at this sequence of views over the distant sea. Strangely, the scene appeared to lighten as the sun sank.

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