If you want to get very technical about it, the sun is really the only thing that ever makes anything on Earth beautiful…since nothing would exist without it. 🙂 But in a more artistic sense, these photographs capture our star illuminating our state in a way that can only be described as “dreamy.”

1. You can almost feel the warmth of the sun in this picture of Pine Ridge.
Rusty Zephier
2. The sun Illuminates a morning storm in York, making it look almost like an explosion.
Gregg Sutton
3. The sun illuminates some ethereal early-morning fog.
Cindy Coler Haar
4. A nice fall drive is illuminated by a slightly chilly-looking sunset.
flickr/Craig
5. A setting sun gives these bare trees second lives in their reflections on the water.
flickr/Brooke
6. A golden sun kisses a farm's ground and equipment.
Casey Mitchell
7. Winter ice turns into sparkling tree ornaments in the dazzling sunlight.
flickr/Waring Johnson
8. Kids play in the water at Wagon Train Lake as the sun gently sets behind them.
flickr/Jonathan Reyes
9. A powerful winter sun pierces through the bare trees in this portrait.
flickr/Brett Brooner
10. Spikes of sunlight hit the water at Branched Oak Lake just before a sunset storm.
Joshua Redwine/Redwine Photography
11. This campfire at Lake Minatare is no match for the beautiful sunset behind it.
Chris Heywood
12. These rays shooting out across the sky look like beacons calling for everyone to look up.
Meagan Mcintosh

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13. A talented photographer uses a sunset and the Nebraska landscape to create an almost-supernatural scene.
Casey Mitchell
14. A nearly-neon sky at sunset.
Eddie Dayz
15. An old building wakes up on this hazy morning near St. Mary.
Bob Brammeier
16. What we wouldn't give for a sunset swim in the warm weather at Elwood Reservoir...
Jeff Kokes
17. What a gorgeous double sun flare over the Missouri River near Verdel.
Robert Niemier
18. The sun sets the sky and water on fire at Yankee Hill Lake.
Casey Mitchell
19. The sun spreads its rays across a pastel sky as it sets for the night.
Christine Brady
20. An explosive sunset lights up the sky over Norfolk.
flickr/Matt
21. An exceptional sunset illuminates the sky rather than the ground near Lorton.
Molly Wagoner Hillman
22. Creamy clouds above a lonely road are lit up by a distant sun.
Matt Gress Photography
23. Good morning, Scottsbluff!
Lyndsay Larsen
24. This picture from Wehrspann Lake is so perfect it looks like a scene from a movie.
Life Exposed Photography by RK Harris

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