SPRING SUNSET

 The sun can do more than spark radiation storms and ignite auroras. It also affects the mood of observers. "I find that spring sunsets are a good anti-depressant," says photographer Kamila Mazurkiewicz who sends this picture, taken yesterday evening, from Pulawy, Poland:

 

The photo depicts "a black cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), a loner, sitting quietly on a withered branch," says Mazurkiewicz. "The sound of birds, the sight of dead trees in the backwaters of the Wisla river--I savor the taste of spring."