Friday, July 31, 2026

Best moment at 8:18 PM EDT over Lake Champlain — 5 captures this evening

Quality 75/100Clear

What the AI saw

A striking sunset captured just as the sun touches the horizon above the Adirondack Mountains, with a brilliant orange and red glow emanating from the lower right sky. Warm golden-yellow clouds sweep across the upper atmosphere, transitioning into rich pink and purple hues that fill the wide sky over Lake Champlain. The city of Burlington is silhouetted in the foreground with street lights beginning to appear, adding depth and scale to the scene. The combination of vivid warm tones, layered cloud textures, and the glowing solar disc makes this a highly dramatic and visually compelling sunset.

Conditions

Temperature: 73°F
Cloud cover: 7%
Humidity: 81%
Wind: 2 mph

clear sky

Sun position

Sun set toward

296° 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 8:18 PM EDT

Left view, Burlington sunset on Friday, July 31, 2026 — Left viewA soft post-sunset twilight scene over Lake Champlain with the Adirondack Mountains silhouetted in the distance. The sky displays gentle gradients of pale lavender, muted pink, and warm peach tones, with wispy cloud layers catching the last residual light. The calm lake surface mirrors the pastel sky beautifully, while the Burlington cityscape and tree canopy are settling into deep shadow below. The overall mood is tranquil and serene, though the colors are relatively subdued rather than vivid.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Friday, July 31, 2026 — Right viewA striking sunset captured just as the sun touches the horizon above the Adirondack Mountains, with a brilliant orange and red glow emanating from the lower right sky. Warm golden-yellow clouds sweep across the upper atmosphere, transitioning into rich pink and purple hues that fill the wide sky over Lake Champlain. The city of Burlington is silhouetted in the foreground with street lights beginning to appear, adding depth and scale to the scene. The combination of vivid warm tones, layered cloud textures, and the glowing solar disc makes this a highly dramatic and visually compelling sunset.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM EDT — 7:43 PM EDTQuality 62/100

Burlington sunset on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM EDT — 7:58 PM EDTQuality 0/100

Burlington sunset on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 8:13 PM EDT — 8:13 PM EDTQuality 68/100

Burlington sunset on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM EDT — 8:28 PM EDTQuality 74/100