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Sydney Had A Spectacular Sunset And It Almost Broke The Internet

It happens every day. Just not quite like this.

1. So, Sydney had a pretty amazing sunset tonight.

2. Like even more amazing than usual.

A #sydney #sunset to celebrate tonight

3. See?

4. It started off golden...

5. Went a little pink...

6. Pink fading to blue...

7. Started turning purple...

8. Orange...

9. PINKIE PURPLE MADNESS!!!!!

10. ALL KINDS OF CRAZY.

11. Pretty much everyone in Sydney who was outside took a photo...

12. And uploaded it to Instagram.

13. Whether they were driving...

14. Watching people driving...

15. Or on a train.

Twitter went into meltdown...

'sunset' is now trending in #Sydney http://t.co/pCmfpRwjYr

16. Some people were trapped indoors.

17. THE HORROR.

Look at my great view of the #sunset #nofilter

18. They weren't going to miss out though.

19. Those with a window seat thanked their lucky stars.

20. Those outside even more so...

Have a look at this one from listener Anthony. I think I want to write some poetry. #sydneysunset @NewsTalk2UE

Elsewhere in Australia, people were pretty unimpressed.

Melbourne is better than Sydney, because we tweet about more interesting banal events #sunset

Twitter: The only place you can see a Sydney #sunset from 200 vantage points, and live in Brisbane.

Can I just say the sunset in Melbourne was adequate tonight? That deserves some buzzfeed love. "23 of Melbourne's Most Adequate Sunsets"

Others took the piss.

Sydney quickly struck back.

A lot of sunset envy coming out of Melbourne, where the sun has not risen in months.

21. Mark the date.

#sunset over #sydney tonight. Great colours! #sydneysunset #pana4

22. Monday 28 July 2014.

Another shot of today's #sunset in Sydney

23. Where were you for The Great Sydney Sunset?