Thursday, May 21, 2026

Best moment at 9:13 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 3 captures this evening

Quality 82/100Clouds

What the AI saw

A spectacular post-sunset twilight over Lake Champlain featuring an intensely vivid orange and amber band glowing just above the Adirondack mountain silhouette. The sky transitions from a rich burnt orange at the horizon through soft peach and pink into a clear deep blue above, creating a dramatic and clean gradient. Thin wispy clouds catch the warm light elegantly. The calm lake perfectly mirrors the luminous glow, and city lights below add a charming contrast to the darkened foreground landscape.

Conditions

Temperature: 48°F
Cloud cover: 50%
Humidity: 65%
Wind: 4 mph

scattered clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

293° WNW

Far northwest - Summer sunset

Burlington (44.48°N) — sunsets sweep from southwest in winter to northwest in summer along the Lake Champlain shore.

Both camera angles at 9:13 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, May 21, 2026 — Left viewA beautiful post-sunset twilight scene over Lake Champlain with the Adirondack Mountains silhouetted against a stunning gradient sky. The horizon glows with warm peach and soft orange tones that transition upward through dusty pink and lavender into deep twilight blue. Wispy clouds near the horizon catch the residual glow, adding texture to the scene. The calm lake mirrors the fading light beautifully, and city lights are beginning to twinkle in the darkening foreground.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, May 21, 2026 — Right viewA spectacular post-sunset twilight over Lake Champlain featuring an intensely vivid orange and amber band glowing just above the Adirondack mountain silhouette. The sky transitions from a rich burnt orange at the horizon through soft peach and pink into a clear deep blue above, creating a dramatic and clean gradient. Thin wispy clouds catch the warm light elegantly. The calm lake perfectly mirrors the luminous glow, and city lights below add a charming contrast to the darkened foreground landscape.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM EDT — 9:18 PM EDTQuality 74/100

Burlington sunset on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM EDT — 9:28 PM EDTQuality 72/100