Monday, July 20, 2026

Best moment at 8:28 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 2 captures this evening

Quality 68/100Clouds

What the AI saw

This image shows a vibrant sunset over Lake Champlain with a striking orange and red glow burning along the horizon to the right, where the sun has just dipped behind the Adirondack Mountains. A broad warm peach and salmon band stretches across the middle sky, contrasting beautifully with the cool blue-grey clouds above. The calm lake reflects the warm tones, and the Burlington cityscape and UVM campus buildings add interesting foreground structure. The combination of intense horizon color, layered cloud textures, and the urban-to-lake composition makes this a visually compelling and high-quality sunset scene.

Conditions

Temperature: 72°F
Cloud cover: 56%
Humidity: 65%
Wind: 5 mph

broken clouds

Sun position

Sun set toward

298° 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 8:28 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Monday, July 20, 2026 — Left viewThis image captures a serene post-sunset twilight over Lake Champlain, with the Adirondack Mountains silhouetted in deep blue-purple tones across the horizon. A soft peach and pink band of residual light glows just above the mountain ridgeline, reflected gently on the calm lake surface. The sky above is layered with wispy cirrus and altocumulus clouds catching muted lavender and blush tones, while the foreground city trees and rooftops fade into deep shadow. The overall atmosphere is tranquil and painterly, though the colors are relatively subdued.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Monday, July 20, 2026 — Right viewThis image shows a vibrant sunset over Lake Champlain with a striking orange and red glow burning along the horizon to the right, where the sun has just dipped behind the Adirondack Mountains. A broad warm peach and salmon band stretches across the middle sky, contrasting beautifully with the cool blue-grey clouds above. The calm lake reflects the warm tones, and the Burlington cityscape and UVM campus buildings add interesting foreground structure. The combination of intense horizon color, layered cloud textures, and the urban-to-lake composition makes this a visually compelling and high-quality sunset scene.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Monday, July 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM EDT — 8:18 PM EDTQuality 68/100