Saturday, November 22, 2025

Best moment at 4:58 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 3 captures this evening

Quality 58/100Clouds

What the AI saw

This frame also shows post-sunset twilight, with a stronger warm-to-cool gradient: a clear orange band hugging the horizon that fades smoothly into deepening blue overhead. A long, low cloud band accentuates the warm rim light and the water picks up a soft reflective sheen; downtown lights add pleasant points of contrast in the foreground. Colors are more saturated and the composition has better contrast than the left image, producing an attractive and classic twilight atmosphere without being wildly dramatic.

Conditions

Temperature: 36°F
Cloud cover: 84%
Humidity: 64%
Wind: 3 mph

broken clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

247° WSW

Far southwest - Winter sunset

Burlington (44.48°N) — sunsets sweep from southwest in winter to northwest in summer along the Lake Champlain shore.

Both camera angles at 4:58 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 22, 2025 — Left viewThis scene is a post-sunset twilight with the sun already below the horizon, leaving a pale golden band along the distant ridge and a cool blue sky above. Layered, striated clouds form dark silhouettes and break the light in thin glowing gaps, while the lake carries a muted reflection of the horizon glow. The foreground city and trees are already darkening, which increases contrast but keeps the colors subdued. Overall it feels calm and atmospheric but relatively understated rather than vivid.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 22, 2025 — Right viewThis frame also shows post-sunset twilight, with a stronger warm-to-cool gradient: a clear orange band hugging the horizon that fades smoothly into deepening blue overhead. A long, low cloud band accentuates the warm rim light and the water picks up a soft reflective sheen; downtown lights add pleasant points of contrast in the foreground. Colors are more saturated and the composition has better contrast than the left image, producing an attractive and classic twilight atmosphere without being wildly dramatic.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM EST — 3:58 PM ESTQuality 58/100

Burlington sunset on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM EST — 4:43 PM ESTQuality 46/100