Friday, February 20, 2026

Best moment at 7:14 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 4 captures this evening

Quality 7/100Snow

What the AI saw

This scene is dominated by dense snowfall or fog scattering warm artificial lights, producing a uniform yellow-beige sky with no natural sunset or twilight color gradients. Visibility is very poor — trees, cars and streetlights glow through the precipitation but the horizon is obscured. The lighting is clearly from street and building lamps rather than solar alpenglow, so the mood is moody and monochromatic rather than a true sunset or post-sunset display.

Conditions

Temperature: 30°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 94%
Wind: 13 mph

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 7:14 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Friday, February 20, 2026 — Left viewThis scene is dominated by dense snowfall or fog scattering warm artificial lights, producing a uniform yellow-beige sky with no natural sunset or twilight color gradients. Visibility is very poor — trees, cars and streetlights glow through the precipitation but the horizon is obscured. The lighting is clearly from street and building lamps rather than solar alpenglow, so the mood is moody and monochromatic rather than a true sunset or post-sunset display.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Friday, February 20, 2026 — Right viewHeavy snow or fog blankets the view and diffuses sodium/ambient lighting into a flat, warm wash across sky and rooftops, leaving no discernible pinks, purples, or orange gradients associated with sunset twilight. Buildings and streetlights are faint and muted with very low contrast, and there is no visible sun or post-sunset color banding. The scene is atmospheric in a wintry, nocturnal way but lacks the natural color richness of a sunset or twilight.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM EST — 6:18 PM ESTQuality 6/100

Burlington sunset on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM EST — 6:29 PM ESTQuality 7/100

Burlington sunset on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM EST — 6:59 PM ESTQuality 7/100