Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Best moment at 5:29 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 2 captures this evening

Quality 45/100Clouds

What the AI saw

The sun is clearly at low elevation just above a dense horizontal cloud bank over the lake, producing strong backlighting and pronounced lens flare on the camera window. The scene shows high contrast between the brilliant white sun and a dark cloud shelf, with subtle warm halos and faint reflections on the water; however there are almost no saturated oranges, pinks, or purples. Atmospheric interest comes from the layered clouds and the bright sun rays cutting through, but overall color intensity is low and the view is spoiled somewhat by glare and spots on the window.

Conditions

Temperature: 58°F
Cloud cover: 40%
Humidity: 64%
Wind: 1 mph

scattered clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

260° W

Southwest - Late fall/early winter

Burlington (44.48°N) — sunsets sweep from southwest in winter to northwest in summer along the Lake Champlain shore.

Both camera angles at 5:29 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 — Left viewThe sun is clearly at low elevation just above a dense horizontal cloud bank over the lake, producing strong backlighting and pronounced lens flare on the camera window. The scene shows high contrast between the brilliant white sun and a dark cloud shelf, with subtle warm halos and faint reflections on the water; however there are almost no saturated oranges, pinks, or purples. Atmospheric interest comes from the layered clouds and the bright sun rays cutting through, but overall color intensity is low and the view is spoiled somewhat by glare and spots on the window.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 — Right viewA thick, dark cloud bank hugs the horizon with cool, muted blue light above and a pale sky; there is no visible sun or post-sunset color. The town and lake are evenly lit in subdued tones, and the overall palette is cool and neutral with little atmospheric color or glow. This looks like daylight with heavy cloud cover rather than a colorful sunset or twilight display.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM EDT — 5:18 PM EDTQuality 44/100