On Sunday, November 22, the evening sky appeared to be welcoming Thanksgiving week in a spectacular display of red and purple that seemed to capture the attention of Greenwich all at once, if only for a few minutes.
Those minutes were recorded by hundreds of cameras in thousands of photographs and were the topic of conversation for many this week.
Bright, colorful sunsets occur more often in the fall and winter – particularly in the East – because of atmospheric conditions.
The saying: “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” has some truth behind it. Pure colors mean clear air and good weather to the west – weather that is likely to be heading east.
Rain on Sunday over Eastern Long Island, according to meteorologist Jeff Smith, caused the right deck of mid and high-level clouds that were associated with the storm.
Sunsets are most beautiful seen through clean air, following rain, then combined with mid- or high-level clouds for the sun’s rays to reflect.
This particular sunset was not caused by an anomaly or a single circumstance – it was every element coming together at the right moment.
Like the elements that build a championship team, lead to the completion of an incredible memorial, or create a community newspaper, each element that led to the sunset at the beginning of this week was less than what it became when combined together.
