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Why there are sunsets
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Uploaded: 05/16/10 5:42 AM GMT
Why there are sunsets
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Here is an explanation of how sunsets work! My son is competing in Optics in the National Science Olympiad so he told me this: “Because the sun is low on the horizon, sunlight passes through more air at sunset and sunrise than during the day, when the sun is higher in the sky. More atmosphere means more molecules to scatter the violet and blue light away from your eyes. If the path is long enough, all of the blue and violet light scatters out of your line of sight. The other colors continue on their way to your eyes. This is why sunsets are often yellow, orange, and red.” And because red has the longest wavelength of any visible light, the sun is red when it’s on the horizon, where its extremely long path through the atmosphere blocks all other colors. Hope you like!!
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I don't know, but they are pretty. I love this one, too, great colors, beautiful sky... Great job, Paul.
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Not only a stunning view, Paul, but an explanation has to how nature created the effect, that even I can understand. Many thanks.
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"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT
Oh no...it's Sunday and I just learned something!! Ah.. just kidding. What a stunning and amazing view!
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"Hurry to meet Death before your place is taken."
What a very interesting post!! And a stunning sunset to show us exactly what you meant. Beautiful x
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That a real doozie, Paul. Gorgeous colors and shine on the water. I like the silhouetted shore.
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I DONE GRADIATED THE SIXTH GRADE
God makes them, your son explains them and you make masterpieces from them. What a team.
TicK
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Hopefully my photos and stories will let you know what makes me Tick
Another fabulous sunset photo Paul. Beautiful looking colours in the sky and a great view.
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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see ~ Henry David Thoreau
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every day is a gift......that's why it's called the present!!
Sunsets are so beautiful and this one is no exception. Wonderful story to go along with it.
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Very dramatic light you have covered here. Wonderful capture.
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If "Ignorance is bliss", why should we seek knowledge?
Paul - A magnificent sunset photo. I particularly like the sky at the top of the image. Thad
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine
Beautiful ... love the rich colors. Very well done Paul & thanks for the interesting info..
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"I Love Lab's!"
This is really a super gorgeous one! Thanks for sharing.
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To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower..............
William Blake
That's very interesting information you got there, Paul. I am a sunset fan but I never really thought of researching why there's sunset which in fact sun never sets. So, thank you for that and to your son. And of course you did a great capture of the ever beautiful "sunset". Faved.
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"Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before."
Wonderful layers of light and element. I enjoy the changes through out. Fun informative narrative.
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Oh Paul this sunset is one of those really glorious ones, even tho it seems up here in the PNW they all are that way! The gold tones here are so lovely. The knowledge of how a sunset is "put together" is great, but who cares eh? hehe...it's just too beautiful to think anything else about and wear my poor little ok' brain out with the technical stuff....smiling....verena
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Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.
The Green Flash is a fleeting splash of intense
emerald light appearing on the horizon in the blink of
an eye just after sunset (or immediately before
sunrise).,