Large expanses of water and sunsets complement each other on a variety of levels that are constantly changing.
You can see incredible reflections on seas or beaches, which might be choppy, wavy, or mirror-smooth and the lapping (or crashing) waves add to the experience. The exquisite sensation of sand between your toes is an added pleasure.
My primary priority is to always stay within a few blocks of a huge body of water with either a due-west or due-east view for the best sunrises and sunsets.
On the beach, the sunrise and sunset are both breathtakingly stunning. The hues are dispersed throughout the entire sky, and there is nothing on the horizon to block your view.
Nobody can really dispute the magnificence of sunrises and sunsets, which is what makes nature so beautiful. It's similar to seeing the conclusion of one chapter and the start of the next. Its stunning view undoubtedly affects how you feel for the day. Personally, I find that sunrises and sunsets calm me down and help me become one with the surrounding nature.
Maybe that's why people enjoy watching sunsets.
As a writer, I think one of the best ways to envelop your audience in your setting is to describe a sunset.
The majority of sunsets are vivid, powerful, and full of color. Therefore, saying something like "the sky was bright orange and red" usually won't cut it unless you want to draw attention to other aspects of the scenery.
The horizon serves as a reference point as you are watching the sun set. In relation to something that isn't moving, your eye perceives the sun moving. Because clouds and other objects are constantly moving, you don't get that during the day.
Every time I see a sunset, I get the impression that it's God's way of telling me that I did a good job for the day and to take a deep breath and let him take away all my worry, concerns, and negative energy.
One of the few things in life that you can always count on is a sunset, and instinctively, the certainty and surety of it is quite calming to the soul.
The sun will always set and rise, no matter how dreadful the day is or how terrible things seem to be, and knowing that all chapters end and a new day will start calms your soul.
I don't know if dogs' reactions to sunsets as a time of day are ones of "enjoyment" per se. human-type pleasure? I'm not sure. However, if sunset signals the availability of food or the dozing off of predators, then that's a kind of positive emotion, in my opinion.
I wonder if my "enjoyment" of sunsets and other things that humans deem to be "beautiful" in general is simply an augmentation of the feelings that animals experience when some of their senses are stimulated. I think that what we enjoy is quite different from what animals enjoy.