The Last Sunset

Sarah Chen
Science fiction writer exploring the boundaries of human experience
她站在观察台边缘,手抵着钢化玻璃。
这将是地球上最后一个日落,天空中绽放着人类前所未见的色彩。
六小时后,撤离飞船就要启程,而地球的大气层也将开始它最后的转变。
The sky blazed with colors never before seen by human eyes. Sarah stood at the edge of the observation deck, her hand pressed against the reinforced glass. This would be the last sunset anyone on Earth would ever witness.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" a voice behind her said.
She turned to find Professor Chen, his weathered face reflecting the otherworldly light from above. "Yes," she replied, "but also terrifying."
The evacuation ships would leave in six hours. After that, Earth's atmosphere would begin its final transformation, turning their blue planet into something alien and uninhabitable.
They stood in silence, watching their star paint its masterpiece across the sky one final time.