Two directions at sunset

12/18/1, 4:45 pm, cumulus clouds, looking west

12/19/11, 4:30 pm, stratus clouds, facing north

Here are two little sunsets about 24 hours apart and in two directions. The Sunday December 18th sunset has a low cumulus cloud in the west lurking in the rosy glow of the setting sun. 

Sunset two in the Monday twilight looks north. The sky has no sunset glow although the clouds reflect the lavender color. The sinuous clouds streak across the sky ans seem to dissolve at the edges.