As the fiery sun melts into the jewelled horizon of the Andaman Sea, spellbound onlookers instinctively reach for their smartphones, desperate to immortalize nature’s daily masterpiece. Each dazzling sunset offers a fleeting canvas of molten gold, crimson, and sapphire—an irresistible siren call to photographers and dreamers alike. We challenged our readers to capture the most breathtaking of these moments, and the results were nothing short of extraordinary. Here, we unveil the Top 10 Sunset Captures that turned fleeting beauty into timeless art.
By: Madeleine Becker
Number 10 – Sunset arrival over Phang Nga by Ramesh Behari from Mumbai
Number 9 – Northern end of Patong Beach by Curtis Tennant from Melbourne
Number 8 – A southern sunset from The Naiharn Resort by Stephanie Jones from London
Number 7 – The coastline from the Kata Viewpoint with the sun setting to the west by Lee Hyori from Seoul
Number 6 – Koh Phi Phi spectacular by Robert Frisk from Chicago
Number 5 – 1650 hours is sunset time in Phuket Town by Malee Chaiyaporn from Chiang Mai
Number 4 – Big Buddha with the help of my drone by Hans Meyer from Hamburg
Number 3 – Promthep Cape, Phuket’s most southerly sunset by Johnny Jacks from Hong Kong
Number 2 – A longtail sunset from Laem Sak by Paithoon Suwannathat from Bangkok
Number 1 – Heading out for a night of squid fishing by Steve Atkinson from Perth
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