The beauty of a twilight sky cannot be described adequately in words. The twilight sky, I would say, is more beautiful than the night sky. How the colours blend, how the wisps of clouds are visible, and how the colours of the stars match with the fading colours of the sky are breathtaking.
This evening I am appreciating this mesmerizing sight far above me. The flaming dusky orange fades into a gloomy deep blue. The transition of the colours gives rise to a colour that I cannot give an exact name to. It is somewhat like country cream or magnolia. But neither orange nor blue. Yet so elegant. Few wisps of feathery clouds scattered here and there like cotton. Through them, I can see the stars of Orion appear one by one. The bright reddish glow of Betelgeuse is so matching against the fading orange of the sky. The white brightness of Rigel is dimmed behind a thin cotton-like cloud. The belt stars are faint but visible like three tiny silver dots. The sight brings one thing to my mind: a fairytale. This is not less than a painting from a children’s fantasy book. And I so wonder what story that book has to tell.
The surrounding is contrastingly silhouetted against the brightness of the sky. I can make out the distant trees and rooftops sharp and black. As the night falls the colours of the sky slowly dissolve into violet, gray and black making all the silhouettes disappear. The stars become brighter and more abundant. The wisps of clouds disappear from the view and the sky transforms into a black velvet studded with gleaming diamonds. This sky is grander. It is no longer a fairytale but something more grandiose and luxurious. It is with awe I wonder how a delicate pinkish fairy child-like sky turns into a stunning and elegant lady in a matter of minutes. It is even more wondrous to think that this phenomenon is nothing but the wonder of the scatter of sunlight in the atmosphere or the absence of it. The stars, the clouds, the sunlight, and the colours, all bear witness to the magnificence of the universe. Though the humans are here to see and admire all this beauty or not, every day this divine painting will reveal itself in different colours, hues and patterns. That is enough to, reminds us how small and insignificant we are.