Thursday, August 13, 2026

Best moment at 7:28 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 2 captures this evening

Quality 63/100Clouds

What the AI saw

The sun is dramatically bursting through a break in dark storm clouds, casting intense golden rays across Lake Champlain and creating a brilliant glittering reflection on the water below. The contrast between the blazing solar disc and the heavy dark clouds to the right gives the scene a powerful, dynamic atmosphere. Lens flare dots scatter across the frame from shooting directly toward the sun, and the warm golden-amber glow illuminates rooftops and the cityscape in silhouette. It is a striking active sunset with strong visual impact despite the somewhat cluttered foreground.

Conditions

Temperature: 70°F
Cloud cover: 48%
Humidity: 73%
Wind: 11 mph

scattered clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

292° 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 7:28 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, August 13, 2026 — Left viewThe scene shows Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains under a pale, muted evening sky with soft yellow-green light along the horizon suggesting the sun is low or recently set. Scattered high clouds catch faint warm tones while the sky transitions from pale blue above to a washed-out golden haze near the mountains. The foreground city and trees are rendered in deep shadow, indicating late evening light. Overall the colors are subdued and lacking vibrancy, giving a quiet, understated twilight mood.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Thursday, August 13, 2026 — Right viewThe sun is dramatically bursting through a break in dark storm clouds, casting intense golden rays across Lake Champlain and creating a brilliant glittering reflection on the water below. The contrast between the blazing solar disc and the heavy dark clouds to the right gives the scene a powerful, dynamic atmosphere. Lens flare dots scatter across the frame from shooting directly toward the sun, and the warm golden-amber glow illuminates rooftops and the cityscape in silhouette. It is a striking active sunset with strong visual impact despite the somewhat cluttered foreground.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM EDT — 7:18 PM EDTQuality 62/100