Find out how we forecast this: escaype.com This shot almost didn't happen. I had plans to head down to LA a few weeks ago to visit some friends, and we were going to take Megabus to save ourselves the drive. Of course, this meant we would be pretty much immobile in LA (since the public transit around there... isn't exactly perfect). But it'd save us the drive. Well, when Tung and I were on SF's subway to get to the bus stop by 8:30, a 6-car backup just HAD to happen in the tunnel. We kept looking at our watches, then each other, thinking... "oh, crap." 8:22...8:24...8:26... After several minutes, the backup finally cleared, and we pulled into the station across from the bus stop at exactly 8:30. We dashed across the street...and watched our bus drive off in front of our faces. After moping around for a few minutes, we checked Escaype's forecast for SoCal for the next few days... looked epic every day, so we said, screw it, we're driving, and we're leaving now! So, we hopped back on the subway to get us home, tossed our suitcases and camera gear in my Prius, and began the long drive down the coast. The sky blew up big for us in Santa Barbara that night...we missed dinner, but our friends said they understood. The next day, our epic meters were completely maxed out, so I gathered several friends to meet us under a grey sky in the afternoon and join us in seeing what could be the most amazing sunset of our lives. I sent out "epic alert" texts to at least a dozen people from LA to OC. A few people replied, "...really?! It's just grey outside." But we all headed out. Anyway, the clouds began glowing over an hour before sunset, the sun burst through, and then the entire sky turned brick red. I fired off a bunch of shots and ran up and down the beach for a while, then shortly after this one, I had to just sit back and watch. Sometimes we get so caught up in looking through the lens that we nearly forget to soak in the moment. I tried my hardest to not make that mistake this time. I checked my phone and found several facebook messages of insanely epic sunset pics from all over LA and OC. The five of us looked at each other and said, yeah, best sunset we've ever seen. Hope you enjoy the image! And, of course, shout-out to Megabus for leaving without us. :) Powered by #escaype #sunsetforecasting
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