Photography: Smoky, Hazy Sunset In St. Albans, Vermont Wednesday

Smoke from wildfires in Canada sent smoke and haze into northern Vermont yesteday. Not enough to choke you off, but enough to turn what would normally have been a bright, bluesky day into something a little murky.

I went up to the hill at the back of my house in St. Albans, Vermont to document the eerie, red, almost apocalyptic sunset. This post is in chronological order of the beauty I saw. Enjoy!

Champlain Valley Sunsets Are Awesome This Time Of Year

This time of year, sunsets in Vermont's Champlain Valley can be awesome.

In the late fall and early winter, the sky is often cloudy, but a sliver of clear skies forms over the lake, or near the western horizon close to the Adirondack Mountains in New York.

The result is that the setting sun will blast the clouds with a last shot of intense light before disappearing.

And you get what you see in these photos that I took Wednesday evening in St. Albans, Vermont.

(Scroll down to see them all)

Wild Vermont Sunset, Second Night in a Row

With the weather patterns stuck over New England, conditions around my house today were the same as yestersday.

So it was gray and overcast most of the day, with breaks in the clouds far off to the west. When the sun sank this evening, it was time for another spectacular sunset, as the strong rays lit up the underside of the clouds.

Yesterday was a red and orange evening. Today, purple and blue hues added themselves to the mix. Click on the photo in this image to get a better look at the view from St. Albans, Vermont this evening.

Weekend April Sunset in Vermont

This time of year in New England, chilly damp storms tend to stall out to our northeast, over the Canadian Maritimes.

These storms throw clouds westward into Vermont, erasing spring sunshine and replacing the skies witih a gray overcast. A damp, cold wind also rises. That's just what happened today.

Those westward moving clouds stopped advancing over New York State. So when the sun set, it found the breaks in the clouds over New York, and threw a lot of brilliant light into the gray overcast in Vermont, giving a splash of warm color on a chilly April evening.

This post has the photos to prove it.

More Sunsets

At the risk of boring you with colorful skies, something's going on lately that's causing some great sunsets here in Vermont.

Usually, it means something is high up in the sky. Smoke or ash. Maybe a volcano erupted somewhere? Maybe the forest fire in Minnesota spread some ash high up in the sky, scattering the light to make the sky light up in the evening.

Oh well. I can't answer those science questions, so I'll just enjoy the skies, however they look. The shot in this post was taken from my back deck Saturday in St. Albans, Vermont Saturday evening.

Vermont Gloom, Then Wow!

Today was the first of what will surely be the many chilly gray days that will hit as we go deeper and deeper into autumn.

We had to figure out what we did with our fleece and hats way back there in May, but we managed.

Today wasn't all bad here in St. Albans, Vermont. As you can see by the photographs I took in this post, at least the day ended with some beautiful clouds in a bright sunset.

The sunset seemed to confirm weather forecasts that predict several days of bright, cool fall weather coming up.

Vermont Winter Finally Dead?

Yesterday, up here in St. Albans, Vermont, I celebrated the fact that a snowstorm that was to have socked the area Friday never materialized.

Some crocuses blooming at my St. Albans, Vt.
house on Saturday

Instead of shoveling snow, there was an opportunity to get some work done outdoors preparing for the growing season

The weather was mediocre, but I celebrated the fact that at least we've graduated to something akin to the normal spring fitful atmosphere. The sun, when it was out, was warm, and the clouds billowed like they do in the summer.

But those clouds sometimes blew a few chilly gusts of wind, and spit out a few raindrops, and snowflakes in the higher spots.

At sunset, streamers of rain and snow coming from a cloud c
creatred this wispy view

Still, it was a great alternative to winter. The remaining snow on the ground was melting fast, and it looks like it will stay warm enough for the next week for that slow thaw to continue. Rejoice!