The lovely purple sunset may have been enhanced by ejecta from the Ulawun volcano in Papua New Guinea, which erupted August 3rd with a plume tall enough to dump assorted sulfurous aerosols into the stratosphere. The ejecta recently reached North America and there has been a rash of purple sunsets.

I haven’t caught one myself yet, though there was some faint purple in the sunrise this morning which I’m going to apply some wishful thinking to. Quite delighted to see yours! Thank you for sharing volcano sky adventures!