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The Rise and Set of Color in the Sky

The Phenomena of Sunsets and Sunrises come from the different angles and components in the air causing the light to scatter in different ways. The sky is generally blue during the day because nitrogen and oxygen molecules make the blue light scatter in a way that makes that color visible for us. We see the red light waves in the morning and at night because we are farther away from the sun and the scattered blue light waves have scattered away from our line of sight. If sky is clear of other particles the sky will become yellow and if there is pollution or other molecules in the air the light is more red or orange. Over the ocean the sunsets are generally orange because the salt from the water makes the light scatter differently. The frameworks of sunsets and sunrises include light and the way we see, oxygen and nitrogen, and other molecules or pollutants in the air. The clockwork of the sky depends on where and when you are on earth. The change of the color of the sky happens at the beginning and end of every day or every time the sun rises and sets. The real phenomena of sunrises and sunsets are in the colors that we see in them. They can be peach, yellow, red orange, pink and a variety of other warm beautiful colors. We can guess but we never really can be sure exactly what color a sunset will be.

A easy cite to learn some more about the colors of the sky is http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.html

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