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Tonight over Lake Champlain

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How we read tonight's sky

A sunset is light hitting the underside of clouds. High clouds are the canvas, low clouds are the wall, and dry post-frontal air is Burlington's secret ingredient. Here's tonight's math — learn it and you'll never need this page.


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