It Was a Good Week For Incredibly Beautiful Sunrises Over Connecticut

I've always thought that sunrises and sunsets in Connecticut were most beautiful in the Winter, but damn, this week has been pretty good.

I leave for work at 4AM, and the sunrise and sunsets have been creeping further and further away from each other as we approach the 2025 Summer solstice (June 20, it's the longest day of the year). Earlier this week, before the haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires and the low-level clouds and humidity of 90-degree days, there were two days where I had to stop and just stare up at the incredible colors coming from above.

The sky above us in Brookfield was a mix of purple and orange hues mixed in with the first baby blues of the day. I have an older iPhone, without the new 'night' feature that newer models have, so this color combo had to be as a result of the Northern Lights that made their way over us in New England, combined with unseasonable 42-degree temps for the first few days of June, but I'll take it.

Yesterday's sunrise was way more subdued as you can see in the photo above, but that humidity rising up from the ground made for another beautiful scene in Brookfield. Why are sunsets and sunrises more spectacular in Winter most of the time? Cleaner air, with less pollutants, and the lower angle of the sun primarily. Good thing for us, Connecticut's weather is so unpredictable that we get unusual weather every other week.