February sunsets and afterglows from Great Cove ridge are not as spectacular as those in December and January when the sun is lower and more southerly to our view. But the more subtle February day-enders can be very satisfying. They often have delicate nodes of pale green and yellow intersecting above a burnt orange base, as you see in this image of Tuesday’s afterglow:
On the other hand, high noon on a clear February day can be an almost painful, eye-squinting experience when the snow glares back at the sun and millions of pieces of shattered mirror float on the sea. See the image below from yesterday at WoodenBoat (that contraption in the lower right is a mooring raft and hoist):
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 20 and 21, 2024.)