Thursday, December 4, 2025

Best moment at 3:59 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 2 captures this evening

Quality 58/100Clouds

What the AI saw

The sun is low on the horizon and partly obscured by a bank of clouds, producing warm golden tones and pronounced crepuscular rays breaking through the cloud edges. The sky shows a nice contrast between bright, sunlit cloud tops and darker stormy clouds to the right, with subtle warm reflections on the lake. Foreground is in deep shadow which increases the dramatic effect of the sky. Overall it reads as a genuine sunset scene with pleasing color and atmosphere, though not highly saturated or richly colored.

Conditions

Temperature: 16°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 63%
Wind: 8 mph

overcast clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

243° 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 3:59 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, December 4, 2025 — Left viewThe sun is low on the horizon and partly obscured by a bank of clouds, producing warm golden tones and pronounced crepuscular rays breaking through the cloud edges. The sky shows a nice contrast between bright, sunlit cloud tops and darker stormy clouds to the right, with subtle warm reflections on the lake. Foreground is in deep shadow which increases the dramatic effect of the sky. Overall it reads as a genuine sunset scene with pleasing color and atmosphere, though not highly saturated or richly colored.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, December 4, 2025 — Right viewThis view is dominated by cool, blue-gray light and a long uniform cloud bank along the horizon, with only faint warm tones and little color saturation. The sky above is pale blue with scattered small clouds, but there is no vivid post-sunset alpenglow or rich pinks/purples—the scene feels subdued and wintry. The town and snow-covered rooftops are evenly lit with low-contrast light, giving a calm but visually muted atmosphere. Overall it appears more like overcast late-afternoon/early-evening light or a pre/post-storm scene than a colorful sunset.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM EST — 3:44 PM ESTQuality 45/100