Earlier this evening, Metro Vancouver residents experienced one of the best sunsets of the year. Scores of people took to social media to share their captures of the pink glow as the sun began to disappear in the early winter horizon.
Light cloud cover gave the skies a pink shade, which added to the alpenglow on the North Shore mountains with the thick dusting of white snow appearing bright pink. It is an optical phenomenon that is much more common deeper into the mountain ranges, where mountains are blanketed by snow over long periods.
Here are some photos of tonight’s stunning sunset skies:
Tonight’s weather was a little different from last night but the alpine glow was pretty fantastic. #vancouver #vancitybuzz #vancouverisawesome #canada #alpineglow #huffpostbc A photo posted by LAUREN JOAN TETREAULT (@laurenjoanphotography) on
Lions gate sunset (2/3) Anybody else check out the cloud hanging out on Grouse today? A photo posted by Travis Sheaves (@sheavesdisease) on
Lions gate sunset (1/3) Anybody else check out the cloud hanging out on Grouse today?
A photo posted by Travis Sheaves (@sheavesdisease) on
Tonight’s beautiful sunset light show over Yaletown. A photo posted by Vancouverama (@vancouverama) on
Down by the Bay #Vancouver #beautifulbc #beachlife #landscape #clouds #dusk #Canada #vancitybuzz #viawesome #604 #ilovethiscity #whywelivehere A photo posted by trishp97 (@trishp97) on
Joining in with rest of today’s sunset spam. A photo posted by Marina NBN (@lostincreamtea) on
Pretty sunset tonight but the could were blocking the snow capped mountains. #vancouver #veryvancouver #vancitybuzz #canada #vancouverisawesome A photo posted by LAUREN JOAN TETREAULT (@laurenjoanphotography) on
She’s on fire! #grousemountain #sunset A photo posted by Daph (@peaches_152) on
What a sunset tonight! The colours are absolutely untouched in this photo. We just had to pull over and luckily had the camera with us A photo posted by Karina & Amir (@vanexusphotography) on
4:11pm #vancouver #sunset #vscocam #vancitybuzz A photo posted by shahriarerfanian (@shahriarerfanian) on
Beautiful fire in the sky sunset tonight. #LookingOutMyBackDoor #DeltaBC #sunset #SunsetsOfInstagram #EndOfTheDay #dusk #clouds #InstaClouds #FireInTheSky #BeautifulBC #LookWest #Vancouver #VanCity #604now #VanCityBuzz #VIAwesome #YVRLife #YVR #photos604 #604photos #WinterSun #WinterSunset A photo posted by My Wet Coast Life (@wetcoastlife) on
Won’t you turn my soul into a raging fire! #Nofilter #Chasingsunsets #Burnaby A photo posted by Bon Bahar???????? (@bon.bahar) on
#canada #vancouver #Vancity #vancitybuzz#sun #sky#sunset A photo posted by Yalin (@yalinz) on
Amazing Sunset today in Van City A photo posted by Harm Bhullar (@bhullstar) on
A photo posted by Stephen Taylor (@vancouvercam) on
Love this City in the Winter #vancitybuzz A photo posted by C.J.W (@chriswalker72) on