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pink clouds in the sky
This is probably off-topic, and I would apprecitate a reference to a
more appropriate group. All the same, some in this group might also find it interesting. I am seeking references to more thoroughly study this. There are times at sunrise and sunset when clouds, and the steam from the local power plant, appear pink. I have found it interesting to try to predict it. Obviously, the local sunrise and sunset times are involved, but there has to be enough red light available in sky to be reflected from the clouds or the steam, which leads to such things as the two forms or light-scattering that color the sky, and to a better understanding of how the atmosphere acts as a lens. The steam from the power plant is to the East of me. At sunset, any clouds to East are at a much higher altitude. I initially expected the steam clouds to be pink at the same time as the clouds in that same part of the sky. It should have been more obvious that the steam clouds, at such a low altitude, would be pink at nearly the same time as clouds to the North and South. i.e. the time when red light is available to make them pink is nearly the time when clouds show pink along my "meridian". I expect there are more such things to be learned, that I haven't yet considered. Thanks in advance, |
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