May 16: shore sunset
Soaking everything in as much as I could on my last full day in Helsinki.
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People were getting all the sun they could at Stockmann Square.
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Aleksi and its contrasting next-door neighbor.
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The apartment building in high afternoon sun. Almost Mediterranean! #foreshadowing
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Late sun on the horses at the Katajanokka shore.
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Golden hour. Orange hour even.
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Sunset branches.
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Sun beginning to touch down.
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A glimpse of the Korkeasaari droplet tower across the water (and boat), with some people enjoying the sunset inside it.
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Ship crane sun.
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A wider, shifted view.
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Suddenly, a close gull.
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There goes my last Helsinki sunset (for now).
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Gull photobomb! — Edit 5/16/2020: and maybe the actual last bit of sun in the corner.
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Maybe a little bit of sun still on the building on Hylkysaari across the water beyond the bushes.
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Big boat little boat.
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Last sun up on the apartments.