Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Best moment at 6:29 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 4 captures this evening

Quality 82/100Clouds

What the AI saw

This frame also shows post-sunset twilight with a pronounced warm band near the horizon and dramatic, textured clouds tinged with purples and deep reds. The sky-to-cloud color transitions are strong and the illuminated cityscape and streetlights in the foreground provide a nice contrast that emphasizes the twilight glow over the water. The composition feels balanced and the cloud formations add dynamic interest, producing a very attractive and evocative evening scene. It's a high-quality, striking twilight rather than a muted or ordinary sunset.

Conditions

Temperature: 46°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 77%
Wind: 1 mph

overcast clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

256° 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 6:29 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 — Left viewThis is a clear post-sunset / late-sunset scene with a bright golden-orange band along the horizon and layered purple‑blue clouds above. The cloud textures are rich and varied, producing an attractive gradient from warm amber at the horizon to cool indigo higher in the sky, and the silhouetted ridgeline and small island add strong compositional interest. The lake is calm and picks up some of the subdued light, while the foreground has begun to fall into night with scattered city lights, which increases the moodiness of the scene. Overall the colors are vivid and the atmosphere is visually appealing without being extreme.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 — Right viewThis frame also shows post-sunset twilight with a pronounced warm band near the horizon and dramatic, textured clouds tinged with purples and deep reds. The sky-to-cloud color transitions are strong and the illuminated cityscape and streetlights in the foreground provide a nice contrast that emphasizes the twilight glow over the water. The composition feels balanced and the cloud formations add dynamic interest, producing a very attractive and evocative evening scene. It's a high-quality, striking twilight rather than a muted or ordinary sunset.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM EDT — 5:59 PM EDTQuality 65/100

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM EDT — 6:14 PM EDTQuality 72/100

Burlington sunset on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM EDT — 6:18 PM EDTQuality 76/100