Kirksey explained the clouds ... If the light has a high angle, it can scatter only those colors. "It's why the sky looks blue, most of the time." That angle changes during sunrise and sunset.

DENVER (KDVR) — When the sun sets, sometimes there are pink and purple colors across the skyline, while other times, the sky stays blue before it fades into nighttime. The sunset won’t always ...

and pink at sunset. Crucially, you need some cloud to see this. The science is the same, with short-wavelength blue and violet light scattered by molecules in the atmosphere while longer ...

Recently, a picture was getting around the Internet of a deck of altocumulus clouds ... horizon at sunset, light travels through more of the atmosphere. Shorter wavelengths like blue or violet ...

To understand why the sky is sometimes purple, it's helpful to first understand how light ... cloud (due to the low angle of the sun's rays), and these pink clouds superimposed on a dark blue ...

It's a sunset ... the clouds of fine dust floating through the air, it also breaks into different colors. Martian dust is exactly the right size to absorb the blue wavelengths of light and ...

However, if a storm happens near sunrise or sunset, then the clouds may appear pink or orange ... "This means even more blue light is scattered away than normal. With all the blue (short ...

A show-stopping sunset took place over Texas on Sunday night with bright hues of red, orange, pink ... violet and blue light. When there is more moisture (in the form of clouds) and dust particles ...