Love it or loath it, the City of Preston can be quite beautiful/dramatic/colourful when the great man in the sky decides to entertain us with spectacular evening (or morning) skies.

And we have seen more than our fair share of stunning atmospheric Preston skies over the past few weeks.

Not very romantic but it’s mostly due to a dirty atmosphere where pollution is present but we do get to see pretty colours like red, oranges and yellows and also see what effect they have on our buildings and landscapes.

As you can see in the selection of pictures here the colourful skies can enhance and improve Preston sights when caught at the right angle.

Here the ‘banana buildings’ high-rise flats in Avenham take on an even more vivid custard tinge in the light of the setting sun:

An almost apocalyptic sunset casts fire down Ring Way amongst the passing cars and emergency vehicles:

Something as mundane as electricity pylons take on a statuesque feel in the full glow of setting Sun:

The grey concrete of the building we know as Preston Bus Station & Car Park takes on a bit of welcome colour late into the afternoon:

Even the great looking Harris Museum becomes even more impressive when touched by the soft orange rays of the dying Sun:

These are my own photographs but we will be featuring images and/or collections from other contributors to the Flickr Preston Group. So why not have go and submit your own pictures and share with us all