Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Best moment at 7:14 PM EDT over Lake Champlain

Quality 78/100Clouds

What the AI saw

A low sun breaking through dark storm clouds produces strong golden backlighting and a bright reflection on the water — clearly a sunset/near-sunset view. The scene has dramatic cloud textures, high contrast silhouettes in the foreground, and intense warm light piercing the darker layers, with visible lens flares and highlights on the lake. While the palette is dominantly gold and deep shadow rather than vivid purples or pinks, the composition and atmosphere are striking and moody.

Conditions

Temperature: 63°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 81%
Wind: 5 mph

overcast clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

286° WNW

Northwest - Late spring/early summer

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 EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — Left viewA uniformly overcast, cool-gray scene with diffused daylight and very little color. Thick stratiform and cumulus clouds fill the sky and the lake and landscape are muted, with soft low-contrast lighting. There is no warm glow, rim light, or purple/pink post-sunset tint — the atmosphere reads like daytime or very muted pre/post twilight under heavy cloud. Overall the view is calm but visually flat, lacking the saturated colors or dramatic lighting of a sunset.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — Right viewA low sun breaking through dark storm clouds produces strong golden backlighting and a bright reflection on the water — clearly a sunset/near-sunset view. The scene has dramatic cloud textures, high contrast silhouettes in the foreground, and intense warm light piercing the darker layers, with visible lens flares and highlights on the lake. While the palette is dominantly gold and deep shadow rather than vivid purples or pinks, the composition and atmosphere are striking and moody.