The first day of Spring is still a few days away, but March 16 sure felt like the season arrived early. Temperatures were in the mid-60s and there was plenty of sunshine, highlighted by a stunning High County sunset. The closing seconds of daylight went viral on social media.

Boone sunset was on point tonight. Happy Monday. pic.twitter.com/rlkod4VZ1T

— Lydia (@lydia_eaker) March 17, 2015

Beautiful Boone Sunset pic.twitter.com/wC5YJa2jfO

— Terry McClannon (@mcclannontw) March 17, 2015

Sunsets in Boone. That's erryday pic.twitter.com/fSyqRmyuiI

— Harriet Tubman (@AshwinB66) March 16, 2015

Here's your daily sunset in boone pic pic.twitter.com/2qoD0PyNNF

— Bernie ☼ (@Berniee42) March 16, 2015

Beautiful Boone evening compliments of God. pic.twitter.com/r3okABEn9F

— Laura Perry (@allans1beloved) March 16, 2015

Tonight's sunset was truly a work of art. // #vsco #sunset #goodfirstdayback

A photo posted by Garrett Ross (@gertross) on Mar 16, 2015 at 5:05pm PDT

No place like Boone

A photo posted by @sumner_jones on Mar 16, 2015 at 4:49pm PDT

Beautiful evening sky over Blowing Rock tonight! #sunset #booneview #blueridgemoments

A photo posted by Christine Lindsay (@cclinds) on Mar 16, 2015 at 4:50pm PDT

I guess mountain sunsets are cool too #boone #nc #ncmountains #sunset #mountainsunset

A photo posted by Caleb Forbes (@calebforbes) on Mar 16, 2015 at 5:05pm PDT