Saturday, November 8, 2025

Best moment at 4:28 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 3 captures this evening

Quality 58/100Clouds

What the AI saw

A bright sun sits at low angle on the horizon over water, producing intense warm golden light and a clear reflection on the lake. The scene is visually striking for its saturated golds, but window grime, scratches and lens flare scatter the light and reduce clarity and fine detail. The sky above is otherwise fairly clear with a gentle blue gradient, indicating either a direct sunset or the very end of sunset. Overall strong color presence but image degradation from the viewing glass lowers the visual quality.

Conditions

Temperature: 42°F
Cloud cover: 33%
Humidity: 69%
Wind: 8 mph

scattered clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

252° 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 4:28 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 8, 2025 — Left viewA bright sun sits at low angle on the horizon over water, producing intense warm golden light and a clear reflection on the lake. The scene is visually striking for its saturated golds, but window grime, scratches and lens flare scatter the light and reduce clarity and fine detail. The sky above is otherwise fairly clear with a gentle blue gradient, indicating either a direct sunset or the very end of sunset. Overall strong color presence but image degradation from the viewing glass lowers the visual quality.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 8, 2025 — Right viewA wide view shows Burlington and Lake Champlain bathed in low-angle warm light with a soft golden band along the horizon and a large expanse of pale blue sky above. The illumination on buildings and trees is gentle rather than dramatic, and thin horizon clouds catch some light, suggesting late golden hour or early post-sunset twilight rather than peak sunset color. The atmosphere is clear and crisp, offering good composition and calm reflections, but the color intensity is modest and lacks the vivid purples/pinks of richer twilight. Overall a pleasant, slightly subdued twilight scene.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM EST — 4:14 PM ESTQuality 45/100

Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM EST — 4:18 PM ESTQuality 50/100