Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Best moment at 6:18 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 6 captures this evening

Quality 68/100Clouds

What the AI saw

This image captures clear post-sunset twilight with a smooth warm-to-cool gradient: a warm orange band above the horizon transitioning to violet and deepening blue above. Scattered clouds add texture and small darker accents without obscuring the glow, and the silhouetted shoreline and city lights provide attractive foreground contrast. The colors are richer and more visually pleasing than the left image, offering a crisp, classic evening glow over the water and hills. It feels like a very good twilight — vibrant but not extreme.

Conditions

Temperature: 49°F
Cloud cover: 53%
Humidity: 94%
Wind: 3 mph

broken clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

259° 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 6:18 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 — Left viewThis frame shows the sun already at or just below the horizon producing a subdued, post-sunset look: a pale gold band near the horizon with cool bluish‑grey clouds overhead. Heavy, textured cloud layers dominate the sky and mute the colors, while the lake picks up soft, silvery reflections. The foreground is silhouetted and quite dark, which emphasizes the low-contrast, moody sky rather than vivid color. Overall it reads as an average-to-pleasant twilight scene with restrained atmospheric color.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 — Right viewThis image captures clear post-sunset twilight with a smooth warm-to-cool gradient: a warm orange band above the horizon transitioning to violet and deepening blue above. Scattered clouds add texture and small darker accents without obscuring the glow, and the silhouetted shoreline and city lights provide attractive foreground contrast. The colors are richer and more visually pleasing than the left image, offering a crisp, classic evening glow over the water and hills. It feels like a very good twilight — vibrant but not extreme.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM EDT — 5:19 PM EDTQuality 51/100

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM EDT — 5:29 PM EDTQuality 51/100

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM EDT — 5:44 PM EDTQuality 62/100

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM EDT — 5:59 PM EDTQuality 55/100

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM EDT — 6:29 PM EDTQuality 60/100