A Sense of History: Thálatta! Thálatta!
While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
The sunset was a surprise, too!
(No warnings. Drabble)
The first sunset was as astonishing to Nuin as sunrise had been. He spoke reassuring words to Ermon and Elmir, and the others who had awoken. He taught them to make fire, and the Secondborn gathered around the light in fear of the darkness.
Nuin could not tell them the light would return, for he did not know. But he had ever lived his life without it, and did not fear its leaving. Instead he led Ermon and Elmir out beyond the reach of the fire’s light to cast their gazes upward, basking rather in the light of the stars.
Nuin was an Elf in BoLT pt I who found the first Men while they still slept, watched over them, and eventually woke the first two, Ermon and Elmir, who saw the first sunrise itself.