Thursday, July 2, 2026

Best moment at 8:43 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 6 captures this evening

Quality 68/100Clouds

What the AI saw

A vivid sunset captured at the moment the sun dips below the horizon to the right, casting a warm orange and red glow across the lower sky. A broad gradient sweeps from deep orange near the horizon through soft pink and muted purple toward the blue upper atmosphere, with elongated cirrus clouds lit in warm gold overhead. Lake Champlain gleams softly beneath the colorful sky, and the silhouetted Burlington skyline and Adirondack ridgeline add depth and drama to the composition. The combination of a visible solar disk, warm color gradients, and layered cloud textures makes this a visually striking evening scene.

Conditions

Temperature: 82°F
Cloud cover: 93%
Humidity: 75%
Wind: 3 mph

overcast clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

300° 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 8:43 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 — Left viewA quiet post-sunset twilight over Lake Champlain with the Adirondack Mountains silhouetted in the background. The sky is predominantly a soft blue-gray with scattered wispy clouds catching faint pink and peach hues near the upper center. The overall scene is muted and subdued, with the foreground trees and Burlington rooftops already falling into shadow. The lake surface reflects the pale ambient light, giving a calm but unremarkable atmospheric quality.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 — Right viewA vivid sunset captured at the moment the sun dips below the horizon to the right, casting a warm orange and red glow across the lower sky. A broad gradient sweeps from deep orange near the horizon through soft pink and muted purple toward the blue upper atmosphere, with elongated cirrus clouds lit in warm gold overhead. Lake Champlain gleams softly beneath the colorful sky, and the silhouetted Burlington skyline and Adirondack ridgeline add depth and drama to the composition. The combination of a visible solar disk, warm color gradients, and layered cloud textures makes this a visually striking evening scene.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 8:13 PM EDT — 8:13 PM EDTQuality 38/100

Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM EDT — 8:18 PM EDTQuality 68/100

Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM EDT — 8:28 PM EDTQuality 68/100

Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM EDT — 8:58 PM EDTQuality 45/100

Burlington sunset on Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM EDT — 9:13 PM EDTQuality 62/100