Sunsets by Ambleway

Sunsets tells you whether tonight's sky is worth going outside for, and exactly when to be standing where. Open it and the whole screen is this evening, painted in the colors it is actually going to be. Above that, a score out of five and a plain answer: gray dusk, modest glow, worth a window seat, worth a hilltop, or cancel dinner. WHAT MAKES A SKY The score comes from the things that really decide it — how high the cloud deck sits, whether the west is open enough for light to get underneath it, and how clean the air is. Most evenings are one or two stars, and Sunsets says so plainly. That is what makes a five worth clearing the evening for. THE RUN OF SHOW Sunset is not the moment. Sunsets gives you the whole sequence, minute by minute: when to be in position, when the first color arrives in the west, when it peaks red over your head, when the color drains back to the horizon, and…