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At twilight the bay is the colour of brushed pewter, and the boats sit on it as though placed there by a careful hand.
twilight
crepúsculo
Significado La luz tenue justo después del atardecer o antes del amanecer, cuando el cielo aún guarda algo de color.
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Field notes
What the oyster knows about the shape of a bay
A century ago this was a working bay. The fishermen would push out at twilight , their lanterns burning low against the dark marsh, and come back before sunrise with the night's catch packed in ice.
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- Arabic غَسَق
- Spanish crepúsculo
- Chinese 黄昏
- French crépuscule
- German Dämmerung
- Italian crepuscolo
- Japanese 黄昏
- Korean 황혼
- Portuguese crepúsculo
- Russian сумерки
- Turkish alacakaranlık
- Vietnamese hoàng hôn
- Hindi गोधूलि
- Polish zmierzch
- Indonesian senja
- Thai สนธยา
- Dutch schemering
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