Sensational sunsets across New England

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite summer sunset photos for a dazzling, colorful journey through New England. Above, Woods Hole in June 2003.

A brilliant rainbow formed an arch at sunset in Braintree in 2003, as “Sammy” took a walk on the grounds of Olympus Specialty Hospital with his owner.

The sun set on the last day of spring, 2013, as seen from the Mount Washington Observatory at the summit of Mount Washington.

The summit of Mount Washington on July 9.

Another shot from the summit of Mount Washington.

A sunset provided a colorful backdrop for a Ferris wheel and other amusements at the annual Hull Youth Football Association carnival in 2000.

Sunset over the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown as seen from Tobin Bridge in 2012.

A NOAA research vessel searched at sunset while Navy ship USS Grasp was at anchor at sunset about 8 miles off Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, in 1999.

A sunset at Fenway Park.

Prouts Neck Yacht Club in Maine at sunset in 1998.

A sunset enlightened Boston Light in 1998.

Sunset at Rose Island Lighthouse, Newport, R.I., in 2005.

Boys enjoyed a swim in Lake Rudd, Becket.

People gathered to take in the sunset atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in 2006.

A warm glow from the dining room at AMC’s Lakes in the Clouds Hut complemented the sunset colors on the shoulder of Mt. Washington.

Sandlot baseball under a red sky at Littleton’s Shaker Lane Elementary School.

A glowing sun set over Malibu Beach in Dorchester, catching a seagull in flight in 1998.

A multi-colored sunset over the third base stands at Fenway Park in 2011.

Two pedestrians walked along the Charles River in Brighton as the sun set in 2008.

A 1994 sunset along the water.

The Zakim Bridge was lit up on a late summer evening in Boston in 2012.

A fiery sunset provided a backdrop for an evening softball game at the L Street ballfield in Hull.

One of Boston’s more iconic summer sunsets at Fenway Park in 1997.

Sunset at Canobie Lake Park in 2005.

A blazing red sky illuminated Hull Bay as two women paused at the shoreline to take in the beauty of the sunset with their dogs.

Sunset fishermen flocked to Newport Harbor near the Goat Island Light in Newport, R.I., in 2006.

A couple rode a pontoon boat on Lake Nippenicket in Bridgewater.

Kayakers from the Mass. Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary paddled in silence on a moonrise evening cruise on Sengekontacket Pond in Edgartown.

Tabor Academy students at anchor at sunset at Hadley Harbor in Naushon. The boat which was operated by Tabor Academy was on an incoming freshman orienteering session. For over 50 years, the schooner Tabor Boy has been used to take students to sea under sail.

Harbor fishing in Brewster.

A woman and her dog at Plymouth Beach in 2012.

An evening sail on Duxbury Bay.

A flock of geese graced the sky over Needham.

Sun set over the harbor in Watch Hill, R.I., in 1990.

An autumnal-like sunset over Hull Harbor in 1998 signaled the days were numbered for summer.

The beauty of Attean Pond in Attean Township, Maine, is evident in this post-sunset view from Jackman, Maine.