  Luckycar Member Username: Luckycar Post Number: 48 Registered: 02-2007 |
Did everyone enjoy that sunset tonight?Could that have been caused by the So.Cal.fires? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2990 Registered: 06-2004 |
I was wondering the same thing | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 322 Registered: 09-2007 |
It was beautiful. It was a combination of the leftover Cirrocumulus/Altoculumus from this morning's rain burning off and moving out and more clouds coming in from both Cirrus from the system to the SE and Altocumulus from another disturbance coming across Lake Michigan now. The sad part was that the skies cleared out just a bit too late for me. I hate gray, raw days like today. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 849 Registered: 08-2007 |
We were able to enjoy it during dinner at Howe's Bayou. Lovely sky! | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 337 Registered: 06-2007 |
It was absolutely beautiful. But I hope you were asking that part about the Cali fires in jest. You don't actually think that wildfires over 2,000 miles away made the sunset a little extra orange today, right? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2993 Registered: 06-2004 |
It depends on how much particulate is in the air we look through toward the sun - and the Cali fires are in that sight line - so, yes, it could affect the coloring we see. | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 210 Registered: 02-2007 |
i got pics http://img.photobucket.com/alb ums/v339/ericexp/sky3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/alb ums/v339/ericexp/sky2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/alb ums/v339/ericexp/sky1.jpg | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 770 Registered: 05-2007 |
Awesome photographs! | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 372 Registered: 04-2004 |
Great photos | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 481 Registered: 02-2006 |
Seriously, the fires? Do a little homework before posting. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 280 Registered: 01-2007 |
321brian No, those weren't the fires... but Ericdetfan got some good photos of the sunset. So Luckycar did us a favor. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 338 Registered: 06-2007 |
Lilpup, no. Not possible. | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 213 Registered: 02-2007 |
i didn't even know about this post at the time...The red was just seeping through the blinds and I could not pass up that kind of photo-op! | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2994 Registered: 06-2004 |
yes, possible | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 325 Registered: 09-2007 |
Actually, it's all a simple atmospheric occurance. The sun is reflecting off the cool water droplets and ice crystals in the atmosphere at one of it's lowest angle of the day. Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 326 Registered: 09-2007 |
"yes, possible" Yes, anything is possible. It has happened before as those Dust particles get caught up in the Wind Currents (Jet Stream, Wind Shear, etc.). That's where all that haze in June/July from this year (or last year) came from (from the fires down in the SE). | ||
Davetroit Member Username: Davetroit Post Number: 38 Registered: 03-2007 |
View from the Kales, almost surreal...   | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 214 Registered: 02-2007 |
dave wins lol | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3505 Registered: 10-2003 |
The cloud cover to the west extended only as far as the Illinois & Mississippi Rivers, providing a narrow gap for the setting sun to shine through:  The jetstream has been far to the north of Los Angeles, leaving the southwestern US under a mild upper-level high causing the smoke to drift west over the Pacific rather than east:  http://adds.aviationweather.gov/data/winds/ruc00hr_575_windstrm.gif | ||
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr Post Number: 237 Registered: 07-2004 |
Glad someone got photos. Was stuck working but took a break to stare. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 520 Registered: 02-2007 |
When Mt St. Helen erupted it dispensed ash as far as the east coast. Don't be so quick to assume anything. And it wasn't hard to see either. It was everywhere, it could be seen falling in broad daylight 2000 miles away. I seen it firsthand. Gauging how far the sun is from Detroit, the distance from here to the fires is miniscule. Yes the fires/heat could have indeed played with the light. Not saying it did though. Nothing is free and no action is without effect. I sometimes wonder if the 2 largest conventional bombs ever detonated, by our genius isn't effecting our weather patterns now, by altering the jet stream. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 27 Registered: 08-2007 |
i forgot that i have a camera on my phone, woulda made good wallpaper. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 276 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ran out with my camera but didn't capture anything significant... too many trees, my lens was too wide. But the light was breathtaking, it was filling the shadows with a pink glow and the sky was phenomenal. One of the best i've seen in a while. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 2003 Registered: 01-2004 |
mikem laying down the hard facts with docs per usual | ||
Luckycar Member Username: Luckycar Post Number: 49 Registered: 02-2007 |
Everyone calm down.I was just wondering out in cyberspace.Glad for the pics,thanks everyone. | ||
Detroitfats Member Username: Detroitfats Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2007 |
Where is your favorite spot from which to view the sun setting? When I worked in Ann Arbor, I used to see beautiful sunsets on I96 near M14 on my way in to do my midnight shifts. | ||
Ghetto_butterfly Member Username: Ghetto_butterfly Post Number: 768 Registered: 09-2004 |
I made some pictures too (shot from my kitchen window):   And while I'm at it, some shots from last Sunday evening, although not as dramatic, still very beautiful:   | ||
Southen Member Username: Southen Post Number: 327 Registered: 08-2006 |
Wow wish I was downtown with my camera yesterday. That sky was phenominal. | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4271 Registered: 10-2003 |
Why I ^ love this forum. Thanks for the great pics all! | ||
Ventura67 Member Username: Ventura67 Post Number: 160 Registered: 12-2003 |
Tonight's sunset was nearly as nice as yesterday's in Ypsilanti and with a nearly full moon in the opposite side of the sky! Didn't have my camera with me, though. Too bad. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5556 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks for the pics folks... I missed it!  I wonder if our forum photo major Southen got any pics? | ||
Southen Member Username: Southen Post Number: 328 Registered: 08-2006 |
Wasnt able to get anything the last couple of nights Gistok, although I will be heading downtown tonite in anticipation, but I did manage to catch a sunrise this morning out at Cranbrook. http://www.flickr.com/photos/s outhen/1748072363/ | ||
That_gurl_kat Member Username: That_gurl_kat Post Number: 7 Registered: 10-2007 |
Awesome pics! Thx for posting them! | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 5267 Registered: 10-2003 |
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Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city Post Number: 445 Registered: 04-2006 |
Though tardy, here's my contribution from Cathedral Tower, Midtown. Amazing stuff and glad I was home w/ my camera! http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_1028DetroitEnd Of10_070062.jpg http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_1028DetroitEnd Of10_070066.jpg http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_1028DetroitEnd Of10_070067.jpg Add on...here's a few from that storm that ripped apart Fenton earlier in the summer. http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_0831GrandRapid s08_31_070007.jpg http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_0831GrandRapid s08_31_070018.jpg http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_0831GrandRapid s08_31_070022.jpg http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_0831GrandRapid s08_31_070024.jpg http://downtownmotown.8k.com/T he%20Thumb/2007_0831GrandRapid s08_31_070030.jpg | ||
Southen Member Username: Southen Post Number: 329 Registered: 08-2006 |
Phenominal shots! | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 295 Registered: 08-2006 |
wow Rocket, some great stuff there. You have a helluva view! |
