Tonight's Sunset Open Thread

by: Eddie C

Tue May 04, 2010 at 18:31:45 PDT

Today was a very beautiful day in New York City. After a late night I never got out of the apartment and spent the day enjoying beautiful cloud formations and a strong cold breeze. The sky cleared in the late afternoon but the clouds came back for sunset.

The view tonight seemed like a few sunsets, so there are many photos below the fold. I hope you enjoy the show.

The late afternoon sun was so bright that it needed to be cropped out;

Too bright for the camera until the cloud got back into the act;

Good close up view;

After being obscured by clouds, the sun comes out for another showing;

Once again too bright for photography;

Once again a little cropping;

And then the sunset show gets underway, 7:51 PM by the clock in my camera;

I loved the clouds in the last rays of the sun tonight;

And some pretty lights after;

I've always wondered if those almost vertical lines are a rainstorm in the setting sun but I can never get over there in time.