twilight from a bird's eye view

In the lucky case you take off from a mega city during the twilight :) The bigger the city, the more lights will outline the streets (the major, the middle, the tiny streets...) and the more spectacular will be the skyline. Like an X-ray, you get a clear overview of the "city's composition", much better than during the day.

This was L.A. at the end of march where the view from the airplane was so breathtakingly beautiful it put one into a solemn mood.

I would love to see Sao Paolo, Shanghai and Tokyo likewise some day but admit that these moments can realistically not be planned ahead :) Also the flight patch & seat must be advantageous... last but not least because of environmental issues occasions for a bird's eye view of a city will become increasingly rare.

twilight I

Only the second day of work, I left office at quarter past four. Too big was the urge to take pictures of the twilight (despite my deficient camera). The sky was pure as so often in this city. One partner looked at me as if he had never seen such a (bold) person before.

The half an hour time frame in which the sun colors the building tops in a golden glaze, eclipses the lower parts, then tints the sky splendidly until it darkens swiftly but almost impalpably - those are the magical moments of a day that are not to be missed.
If you are a free human you should enjoy the sunset more often.