
BHB photo by C. Scales
Hurricane Earl’s principal effect on Brooklyn Heights so far has been to give us two spectacular sunsets. Above, high cirrus clouds on the evening of Thursday, September 2 herald the storm’s approach. (More photos and text follow the jump.)

BHB photo by C. Scales
On Friday evening, September 3, thick bands of lower clouds, outliers of the storm that churns to the east, create a layered effect.

BHB photo by C. Scales
Another view of Friday’s sunset.