The ranch, the mountains, the endless sapphire sky; in the bright sunshine and the moisture-free mountain air, the land seems to sparkle.

From the bottom Milton had pointed to a pile of rocks high up, outlined against the deep sapphire sky.

Astonishingly deep sapphire sky bright and warm above.

In the distance were real mountains, their snow-capped peaks stabbing high into the glorious sapphire sky.

He followed a sea-gull as it floated almost aimlessly toward the bay, its large white wings flashing against the sapphire sky.

One bled from both ears from a clapping strike, his dead eyes staring at the sapphire sky.

The yellow aircraft stood out like a colored gemstone, a Mexican fire opal against a sapphire sky.

The sun shouts down from a sapphire sky clotted with three tiny cottony clouds.

From the hilltop above the sanctuary, the plume of the morning sacrifice uncurled in a deep sapphire sky.

"Beautiful day," he said, looking at the sapphire sky.