Galiano Island, British Columbia in March

Views from Mount Galiano on Galiano Island




Views from Bogeda Ridge






In late February, we visited beautiful Galiano Island which is situated between the mainland and Vancouver Island. These photos were taken primarily from Bogeda Ridge, which has several view points, and the much higher Mount Galiano which required a steady energetic hike of about an hour. The beautiful views encouraged us to linger longer than was wise but I wanted to observe the clouds change colours while the sun set. Darkness fell precipitously during our hurried descent, but we made it safely, in spite of losing sight of the path several times.

Vancouver Sunsets over Galiano Island

Once again, my good friend Peter invited me to photograph sunsets from his 17th floor condo. The evening of February 28, 2009 featured soft clouds in the southwest and the sun set over Galiano Island. Hues differ because the camera was oriented either as directly to the sun as possible (without getting lens flare) or was situated to catch the sky's colours without aiming at the sun itself. This sampling of pictures takes us sequentially through the span of a single hour.

17.01hr

17.13hr

17.23hr (pointing almost directly at the sun)

17.30hr

17.38hr

17.45 hr

17.56 hr (looking a bit more eastward)

18.03hr

Sunsets overlooking Vancouver's Strait of Georgia

January 30, 2009, 4:39 p.m.

4:49 p.m.

4:55 p.m.

4:59 p.m.

5:20 p.m.

5:24 p.m. with a sliver of a moon (click to enlarge)

On January 30th, 2009, Vancouver finally entertained the hope that there would be a sunset, one of the first of this year. I had made tentative arrangements to take pictures from Peter's condo, but by late afternoon the sky reverted to its usual overcast nature. Giving up all hope of there being any sunset to photograph, I phoned Peter to ask for a rain check. He was was delighted I phoned because from his 17th floor condo at UBC he could tell that the sky was going to create openings in the cloud cover within minutes. He urged that I come immediately.

There were no speed traps. Over the next hour or so, I took 150 pictures. These give just a glimpse of the wonderful changes of sky and colour over the Strait of Georgia, looking to the SW toward Galiano Island. Poor Peter has to deal with these sunrises and sunsets daily from his perch above the bald eagles.