Fall arrives in West Seattle: Equinox sunset scenes

Thanks to David Hutchinson for that photo emphasizing the amazing fiery colors of tonight’s sunset, just moments before fall officially arrived at 7:06 pm our time. Here’s a photo from Marty, taken from his Alki-area deck:

(Added at 9 pm – a sunset Twitpic from @niktrain.) And Kevin McClintic was among the 30-plus people who turned up at Solstice Park (east of Lincoln Park) for an astronomy-appreciation gathering in honor of the occasion – at left in the purple, it’s Alice Enevoldsen, who issued the invitation and brought her telescopes:

When we left the park a while ago, Alice had taken a group of stargazers over to have a look at Jupiter, after everyone admired the crescent moon.

Mick September 22, 2009 (8:23 pm)

Great sunset pics. Any idea where the smoke is coming from that made the sunset so red tonight?

Ms Pam September 22, 2009 (8:48 pm)

Nothing more beautiful than a West Seattle fall sunset! No need to go anywhere else in the world. Thanks for sharing these great shots…

CMP September 22, 2009 (8:57 pm)

It was an amazing sunset tonight. I wish I had been down at Alki to take a picture around 7:30 because it was incredible.

Alice September 22, 2009 (8:59 pm)

That was so much fun! Thanks for coming everyone – who’s up for winter solstice? Don’t forget your gloves and hats though!

marty September 22, 2009 (9:01 pm)

The smoke usually comes from logging slash burning on Vancouver B.C.

WSB September 22, 2009 (9:04 pm)

Mick, I’ve been trying to figure that out and so far nothing’s coming up. This is a great site for such things
http://www.inciweb.org/
but there are no fires listed off in that direction – unless it’s something from BC – hmm, not really anything new here:
http://bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/Fires.asp?Mode=normal&AllFires=0&FC=2

d September 22, 2009 (9:16 pm)

Stunning sunset and thanks for sharing your shots everyone. At 7:00, I was heading west on Morgan off 35th. I HAD to pullover to at least try to get a lame phone shot on the crest of the hill. There were four other cars pulled over down the hill ahead of me – all the drivers with phone cameras taking pictures! Thanks again for those amazing pics.