Tuesday, December 9, 2008


The sunset behind me and Kelly is orange. Usually, light entering the atmosphere encounters particles of gases and violet/blue light is scattered by them. This is why the sky is blue. But when the sun is setting, the light encounters more particles of air because it is further away from us. At this point mid-frequency light waves are scattered as well and so during sunset, the sky appears orange and red, low frequency visible electromagnetic waves.

3 comments:

shantha said...

cool picture.
the background reminds me of a postcard.

Allie said...

cute picture and good explanation

Brandon said...

That is a nice sunset, and a nice description of what's happening.