So now, why a red morning. Ah... this is because in the morning/evening, when the sun is low at the sky, light travels much longer then during the day through the atmosphere. The distacnce can be as even 12x longer then during daytime. So the chance that blue light is fully scattered is very likely and only the red light is available to reach our eyes (so no blue light is left :) )
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Why a Red Sky in the Morning?
So now, why a red morning. Ah... this is because in the morning/evening, when the sun is low at the sky, light travels much longer then during the day through the atmosphere. The distacnce can be as even 12x longer then during daytime. So the chance that blue light is fully scattered is very likely and only the red light is available to reach our eyes (so no blue light is left :) )