13. Ban Talae Nok, Thailand (Taken by Rudy Maxa)
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Sometimes, when you want to capture a picture of the sunset, it helps to take in all the surrounding beauty as well. Rudy Maxa remembers a recent visit to Thailand, where he spent time in the small community of Ban Talae Nok. The area is known for losing more than 200 of its residents in the tsunami of 2004, including 16 school-aged children who were playing by the beach when the storm hit. A new school has been built in Ban Talae Nok, on a hill, so that children will be kept safe. Maxa states that “a herd of wild water buffalo go down to the deserted beach and pause as if they are not sure they want to get their feet wet.” He then describes the scene in which the animals step energetically into the waves and walk in deeper, until the water is at their necks.” Maxa counts this as “one of the most unusual sunsets” he’s ever witnessed.
12. Sicily, Italy (Taken by Andrew Zimmerman)
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Andrew Zimmerman is a travel enthusiast and chef who is known for eating some pretty shocking (and gross) things, including fermented blubber and worms that have been deep-fried. However, some of the memories that stand out for Zimmerman the most aren’t always related to being such a culinary risk taker. The sunsets he enjoys the most are in Bali at Seminyak Beach, the sun setting over Mahoe Bay in the British Virgin Islands and the Delta Marsh’s “particularly blood-red sunset.” However, the one that stands out the most to Zimmerman, is the sunset he witnessed in Noto, Sicily. He states that the countryside in the area is filled with wheat fields, and the horizon is lined with villas and palazzos. Zimmerman stated that the “setting sun…cast the most beautiful light” he’d ever seen in his life, and that “nothing has ever matched it.” Sounds like the trip to Sicily was definitely worthwhile.
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