Monday, November 10, 2025

Best moment at 5:18 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 4 captures this evening

Quality 8/100Snow

What the AI saw

Thick fog or falling snow and strong street/urban lighting dominate the scene, producing a uniform yellow-orange glow across the sky from light scattering rather than natural sunset colors. Tree silhouettes and building lights are visible near the bottom, but there is no color gradient, warm horizon glow, or alpenglow that would indicate a sunset or post-sunset twilight. The atmosphere is murky with low contrast and muted detail, consistent with nighttime light-pollution illumination through precipitation or fog.

Conditions

Temperature: 32°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 95%
Wind: 12 mph

heavy snow

Sun position

Sun set toward

251° 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 5:18 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Monday, November 10, 2025 — Left viewThick fog or falling snow and strong street/urban lighting dominate the scene, producing a uniform yellow-orange glow across the sky from light scattering rather than natural sunset colors. Tree silhouettes and building lights are visible near the bottom, but there is no color gradient, warm horizon glow, or alpenglow that would indicate a sunset or post-sunset twilight. The atmosphere is murky with low contrast and muted detail, consistent with nighttime light-pollution illumination through precipitation or fog.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Monday, November 10, 2025 — Right viewThis view also shows a uniformly lit, yellowish sky caused by artificial lights scattering in fog or snow; rooftops and a street are visible with light reflecting off snow but there is no layered color, pinks, purples, or orange gradients typical of sunset or post-sunset twilight. The scene is low-contrast and atmosphere-obscured, with the dominant visual effect being urban light glow rather than natural atmospheric coloration. Overall it reads as nighttime with poor visibility rather than a scenic twilight.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM EST — 5:59 PM ESTQuality 6/100

Burlington sunset on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM EST — 6:19 PM ESTQuality 5/100

Burlington sunset on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM EST — 6:29 PM ESTQuality 6/100