Monday, December 15, 2025

Best moment at 3:18 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 2 captures this evening

Quality 34/100Clouds

What the AI saw

The sun is low on the horizon behind broken stratiform clouds, producing a pale golden band and some bright glare/lens artifacts. Cloud layers are stacked and mostly gray, but there is a modest warm wash near the horizon and subtle highlights on the water. Foreground trees and buildings are silhouetted, giving a moody, late-afternoon look rather than vivid color. Overall the scene reads as a subdued, low sun / near-sunset moment with limited color saturation.

Conditions

Temperature: 21°F
Cloud cover: 75%
Humidity: 62%
Wind: 13 mph

broken clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

241° 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 3:18 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Monday, December 15, 2025 — Left viewThe sun is low on the horizon behind broken stratiform clouds, producing a pale golden band and some bright glare/lens artifacts. Cloud layers are stacked and mostly gray, but there is a modest warm wash near the horizon and subtle highlights on the water. Foreground trees and buildings are silhouetted, giving a moody, late-afternoon look rather than vivid color. Overall the scene reads as a subdued, low sun / near-sunset moment with limited color saturation.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Monday, December 15, 2025 — Right viewThis view is dominated by cool blue‑gray cloud layers and even daylight illumination with no warm alpenglow or pink/purple post-sunset hues. The light is diffuse and neutral, the snow-covered roofs and streets are visible in good detail, and the water is a muted gray — pleasant but not evocative of sunset or twilight. Cloud texture is interesting but the palette is restrained and lacks the rich gradients that define sunsets or post-sunset color. Overall it appears to be a daytime or late-afternoon scene without sunset/twilight colors.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM EST — 3:29 PM ESTQuality 30/100