NJ runs the risk of offending both the teacup propriety of the NHOTW, and the powerful sun itself.

The sunset is spectacularly pink tonight.

That'll be that there Canadian wildfire smoke (first batch) drifting across the Atlantic.

The sun is setting, behind some thin clouds.

It is almost exactly in the west.

Is it a special day, the day when it sets in the exact west?

That would happen on the equinoxes, and the autumn one was two weeks ago, so yes, the sun would be quite close to due west at sunset this week. A little bit further south though.

Blood red sunset alert!

12 minutes past 7 and the sun is setting in a sky that is a mix of gold and grey.

There is much thin cloud, and vapour trails are criss-crossing the sky.

As I sit here, there is a noticeable coolness in the sky.

A hint of melancholy in that description.