Solstice Sunset Over SoCal: Photo Of The Week

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — The longest day of the year took place Tuesday, and with it came a sunset that had residents leaving their homes with cameras in tow to capture the ephemeral moment.

Photographer Scott Plummer was one of those residents. Plummer took these pictures at an overlook near Altisima Park in Rancho Santa Margarita, one of his frequented locations to shoot photos.

Plummer noted that since his photography was previously published in Patch, the number of residents visiting the overlook has grown.

"Young people will pitch hammocks across the street to watch the sunsets and do homework, its a very chill area for people to relax," Plummer told Patch. "On nights when an amazing sunset could happen, you can have up to 10 cars parked and 20 people with cameras taking photos of the sunset."

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Plummer said that on the night of the solstice, around fifteen to twenty people were gathered at the overlook to watch the sunset.

Some came with phones and cameras in tows, while others came empty-handed. Plummer snapped a shot of a young man with his arms outstretched toward the horizon and told Patch that he was just there to experience the sunset.

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