Chemistry Set

Just into this new year, mid January I guess, I drove over to Padstow to get my computer fixed or something. Maybe it was because my car battery had gone flat and I needed to drive around to charge it. Anyhow, I was feeling bored and went for a bit of a drive. Went over to Alfords Point and for interest drove past Tim's old place.
It had been raining for the day but just as the sun started to set the clouds receded on that skyline. It began this weird light trick where it looked like the sky was on fire, and like the sun was burning away the clouds.
Taking photos of these kinds of things never quite captures the brightness, the intensity and the power of the light and the colours. The whole scene reminded me of some kind of meteorological and cosmic chemistry experiment, like in high school where you burn magnesium and there's this bright white light that you can never quite look at because of the smoke and the glare.

The sun was just starting to set here and only providing a hint of what was to come. The clouds had not yet receded enough.