Monday, December 22, 2025

Best moment at 5:14 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 5 captures this evening

Quality 9/100Snow

What the AI saw

This image shows a cityscape under heavy cloud cover and light pollution, with a flat, brownish-orange sky and no distinct twilight hues. Street and building lights reflect on snow and create small pockets of interest, but the upper sky is featureless and lacks the saturated purples, pinks, or layered gradients associated with post‑sunset alpenglow or dramatic sunsets. The scene reads as late evening or night under overcast conditions rather than a colorful sunset; visibility is reduced by haze and cloud scatter. Compositionally the foreground buildings and lit avenue are pleasant, but the sky provides no atmospheric sunset beauty.

Conditions

Temperature: 21°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 87%
Wind: 5 mph

light snow

Sun position

Sun set toward

240° 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 5:14 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Monday, December 22, 2025 — Left viewThe scene is dominated by a uniform, murky orange-brown sky caused by heavy cloud cover and urban light scatter rather than any natural sunset colors. Streetlights, building lights, and light reflections on snow create localized warm glows, but there is no visible sun or the purples/pinks/oranges of post‑sunset twilight. The atmosphere looks overcast and hazy with low contrast and muted tones, giving a nocturnal, light‑polluted appearance rather than a scenic sunset. Overall the image lacks color gradients or cloud illumination that would indicate a sunset or notable twilight.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Monday, December 22, 2025 — Right viewThis image shows a cityscape under heavy cloud cover and light pollution, with a flat, brownish-orange sky and no distinct twilight hues. Street and building lights reflect on snow and create small pockets of interest, but the upper sky is featureless and lacks the saturated purples, pinks, or layered gradients associated with post‑sunset alpenglow or dramatic sunsets. The scene reads as late evening or night under overcast conditions rather than a colorful sunset; visibility is reduced by haze and cloud scatter. Compositionally the foreground buildings and lit avenue are pleasant, but the sky provides no atmospheric sunset beauty.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM EST — 5:18 PM ESTQuality 7/100

Burlington sunset on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM EST — 5:44 PM ESTQuality 5/100

Burlington sunset on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM EST — 5:59 PM ESTQuality 7/100

Burlington sunset on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM EST — 6:14 PM ESTQuality 8/100