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Anime-style street with buildings reflecting a golden sunset over a harbor, dramatic shadows.

Anime-style street with buildings reflecting a golden sunset over a harbor, dramatic shadows.

To the west, drupes of nimbostratus clouds swelled over the brackish harbor waters, while in the east wisps of vaporless white clouds plumed the horizon like a swathe of cotton laid by a gentle hand. A soft golden sheen glazed the market street, sunlight arced through clean glass windows and along hand trowled plaster walls, creating stark shadowlines of orange, blue, and purple. Painters called this the magic moment, when everything was bathed in a golden sheen. The structures of the market street were hard geometric lines. The sunrise was the only thing that softened the plastered concrete surfaces. Thickened glass protected each shop from the salt air and sand beyond the street. See more