It seems the Mother City never runs out of amazingly-beautiful sunsets that take our breath away, ones that make us stop for a moment amid the busyness of our day to simply take in the view.

Yesterday many Capetonians were doing just that as the sky lit up with incredible oranges, pinks and blues that left us speechless. Here are some of our favourite snaps by locals of the evening show.

 

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Incredible sunset Capture by Joel in Seapoint. @joelsamuelk #CapeTown #SouthAfrica #CapeTownSkies #SouthAfricanSkies #ThisIsSouthAfrica #CapeTownIsAwesome

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A capture of the luminous Cape Town sunset that rocked the skies last night. ? #ShimmyBeach #PurpleSky #ShimmyBeachClub #Sunset

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The sky was lit last night! #sunset #capetownskies

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…sunset at the @vandawaterfront last night ?

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Cheers to many more beautiful sunsets! ? #nathanlundaphotos

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#capetownskies #capetownsunset #sunset ??☄️

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Red sky in the city #capetown #capetownskies #cityscapes #architecture #artdeco #redskyatnight #lookup #colour

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Unfurl . . . #capetown #sunset #beach #southafricanskies #autumn #southafrica #capetownskies #lionshead #ocean #lagoonbeach

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Best place to watch the sunset in Cape Town ? This was Saturday’s crazy sunset ??

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