Saturday, October 25, 2025

Best moment at 5:43 PM EDT over Lake Champlain

Quality 70/100Clouds

What the AI saw

The left image clearly shows the sun sitting low over the lake with a bright disk and a strong golden reflection on the water, indicating an active sunset. Layered clouds across the horizon add structure and drama, but intense glare, blown highlights and window dirt/lens flare reduce contrast and obscure finer detail in the scene. Overall the scene is warm and atmospheric with strong sunlit rays and reflective glow, though the overexposure around the sun diminishes subtle color gradients.

Conditions

Temperature: 47°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 74%
Wind: 2 mph

overcast clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

258° WSW

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 5:43 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Saturday, October 25, 2025 — Left viewThe left image clearly shows the sun sitting low over the lake with a bright disk and a strong golden reflection on the water, indicating an active sunset. Layered clouds across the horizon add structure and drama, but intense glare, blown highlights and window dirt/lens flare reduce contrast and obscure finer detail in the scene. Overall the scene is warm and atmospheric with strong sunlit rays and reflective glow, though the overexposure around the sun diminishes subtle color gradients.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Saturday, October 25, 2025 — Right viewThe right image shows late-day/post-sunset lighting: warm, low-angle sunlight bathing buildings and trees while layered, cool-toned clouds remain overhead. The colors are pleasant golden and the scene has good clarity and composition, but the palette is relatively muted — there are no intense purples or pinks typical of richer post-sunset twilight. Window reflections and small artifacts are present but do not greatly detract from the overall calm, late-afternoon atmosphere.