Middletown Daily Photo: Skywatch Friday: Redish Sunset

Friday, January 23, 2009

Skywatch Friday: Redish Sunset

This is the same sunset as shown in last Friday's post, photographed only twenty minutes later. It is amazing how much can change in just a few minutes.

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9 comments:

DrowseyMonkey-Photos said...: Wow ... such deep colours! The red is amazing.; January 23, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Hilda said...: Oh wow. That is a huge difference! But both are gorgeous!; January 23, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Brad Myers said...: Wow! it looks like the sky is on fire. Great color.; January 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM
D Herrod said...: Looks like the sky is on fire.; January 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Debbie@Like a Rose said...: Great photo - it does seem to change moment to moment. Sometimes makes it hard to capture the exact photo I want.; January 23, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Jane Hards Photography said...: Your sky in on fire. Sensational; January 23, 2009 at 12:12 PM
luvmyboys said...: Such a deep red! Great picture!; January 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM
dianasfaria.com said...: I know what you mean. & it's always fun to just keep snapping away. This sky is a beauty!; January 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Unknown said...: Amazing color! I love how you have the weather station and the changing weather together.; January 24, 2009 at 12:01 AM

About Middletown

Middletown, Maryland was founded in 1767 and is said to be named either for its position midway between South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountains or its central location between the larger Maryland cities of Frederick and Hagerstown. A few years earlier, a visiting surveyor and future “Father of our Country” George Washington referred to Middletown Valley as one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen.

The town was incorporated in 1833. After the Civil War battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Middletown churches served as hospitals for both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Today Middletown boasts a delicate balance of old and new. Instead of a Mayor, the town leader is a Burgess. Some of the buildings were built in the 1700s and 1800s. There are large Victorian homes as well as the typical cookie-cutter subdivisions that dot the edge of the Washington DC commuter exurbs.

The only franchise restaurant in town is a Subway; the only Starbucks is inside the Safeway.

If you really want to understand what small-town America feels like, visit Middletown during the Independence Day festivities and fireworks at Middletown Park, the Volunteer Fire Department’s annual mid-July Carnival or the Middletown Heritage Festival held in the fall.