I've been messing around with this one for the past couple of days. First, I took a simple snap of the beach sunset. Second, I cropped the image to only one pixel wide. Then I stretched out that one line to the left and right. Finally, I layered it with some cardboard texture to give it a bit of life. I was close to tossing this one, but I just love the colors. Looks nothing like the original photo.

Full Image,
Here.