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Why is the sky colorized?
On its way through the atmosphere some light rays are broken or shattered by molecules in the air, which brings colors to a blue sky and spectacular colors to the sunsets. It is the sun in combination with water and ice crystals in the clouds that generates these phenomenon’s with colorized clouds in various combinations and intensity.
During a sunset or sunrise the sun has up to 30 times the light distance from earth in comparison to mid day, and on its way the sunrays encounters everything from human made pollution, volcano eruptions, ash from fires with smoke and pollution from outer space. The light that we percept as white are a mixture of different colors like red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple. All the colors in the visual spectrum has its own wavelength where red and orange has the longest wavelengths and purple and indigo has the shortest. At sunset the sunrays meets way more molecules due to the longer distance, and disperses even more purple, yellow and green light. Because of this it’s only red and orange that are visible from the ground, and the same happens at sunrise. Its only when the sun is over the horizon that we can see the light as white.
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desember 10th, 2009 at 17:21
åh vilken härlig bild
så vackert och rogivande….
här är det bara dimma och tråkigt väder,,
ha en skön kväll
desember 10th, 2009 at 18:08
Fire in the sky! Simply wonderful.
The scientific explanation is most interesting – thank you!
desember 10th, 2009 at 18:47
Wow, fantastisk himmel
desember 10th, 2009 at 18:55
Snadder dette, Rune!
Flott skyer i nydelige farger!
desember 10th, 2009 at 19:12
Nydleig Rune, vinterhimmel, helt klart
desember 10th, 2009 at 19:13
Vilken härlig, dramatisk himmel. En bra vetenskaplig beskrivning också.
Tur att jag inte är med för alla skulle ledsna på en jämngrå bild.
Jag är glad för alla dina positiva kommentarer.
desember 10th, 2009 at 20:34
Lovely photo and great explanation for why we see such beautiful colours at sunrise and sunset.
desember 10th, 2009 at 20:37
What a marvelous explanation of our skies beautiful colors! Thank you so much for that! And thank you for the gorgeous capture of the sky at it’s best and most colorful!
Enjoy your weekend!
Sylvia
desember 10th, 2009 at 20:37
That’s a stunning sky. Remarkable.
desember 10th, 2009 at 20:41
Guu va läckert. Det ser ut som en målning med mycket färg på duken. Tack för titten.
desember 10th, 2009 at 20:42
Det var en levande himmel med varierande färger. Vackert!
desember 10th, 2009 at 20:49
Helt underbara moln! Ljuvliga nyanser av sköna färger.
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:05
Vilken vacker och dramatisk himmel du har fångat snyggt jobbat.
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:08
Great lesson from your commentary.
We don’t often get red, orange skies here.
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:09
Kjempevakre farger på denne himmelen.
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:17
Nice explanation and what a beautiful shot! Wow! Very nice.
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:19
Gorgeous sky!
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:27
Amazing! Peaceful wonderful landscape.
Ha en fin helg.
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:30
Hej:)
Det var ju underbart att komma in hit och titta på alla de vackra bilder du har här 
herre jisses .. vilka underbara bilder du har här på din blogg
Tusen tack för din fina kommentar hos mig
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:41
What a magnificent sky! This is really spectacular! I love the cloud formations and the beautiful orange and yellow colors. Nice shot!
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:44
Stunning sky! And, thank you for sharing your knowledge of the effect of light rays in the atmosphere. Beautiful!
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:46
I love everything about this pic, its outstanding.
All the best
Guy
Regina In Pictures
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:46
Vakker fargerik himmel!!!
desember 10th, 2009 at 21:49
It’s an awesome sight. Thanks for sharing.
desember 10th, 2009 at 22:02
Your photo is great! It’s really beautiful.
desember 10th, 2009 at 22:13
Superb shot of stunning sky. Nice compisition too. Thanks for the information.
Happy weekend.
desember 10th, 2009 at 22:37
I love it when the sun paints the bottoms of the clouds! I know your explanation is more accurate, and thank you for giving it! Sometimes I do want the scientific!
desember 10th, 2009 at 22:40
Wow! Can’t help but stare at it!
desember 10th, 2009 at 22:55
A beautiful and informative post.
desember 10th, 2009 at 23:02
Fabtastic sunset photo! Thanks for the explantation.
desember 10th, 2009 at 23:48
Å så vackert! Underbara färger!
desember 11th, 2009 at 1:00
Beautiful. Spectacular.
desember 11th, 2009 at 2:19
That is an absolutely breath taking photo, very well done indeed!
desember 11th, 2009 at 2:42
Fantastic sky – I love the colors
desember 11th, 2009 at 3:17
Simply beautiful.
desember 11th, 2009 at 3:35
Beautiful and interesting!
desember 11th, 2009 at 4:24
Spectacular sky colours!.
Useful note
desember 11th, 2009 at 4:59
Rune: Beautiful colors in your photo and a super explanation of the happening.
desember 11th, 2009 at 8:56
Vilken fantastisk bild.
Din header är ju otroligt vacker också.
ha en riktigt fin dag
Gunilla
desember 11th, 2009 at 9:08
really beautiful photo and i like the information on why the colors of sunrise/sunset are reallyl spectacular.
desember 11th, 2009 at 9:23
Awesome is all I can say. I have not seen a sky like this. thanks for giving me the chance to see it through your efforts.
desember 11th, 2009 at 9:52
Stilig himmel!!!
desember 11th, 2009 at 11:53
Meget smukt “maleri”.
desember 11th, 2009 at 15:51
Beautiful photo brought to you by the speed of light. Thanks for the post
desember 11th, 2009 at 17:53
I can always count on excellence when I click on your blog. Simply divine image.
Joyce
desember 11th, 2009 at 19:19
Wow, that is really beautiful.
desember 11th, 2009 at 20:12
Otroliga ljusskiftningar. Vilken himmel!
desember 11th, 2009 at 21:29
Nyyydelig himmel. Og det er jo det alt dette dreier seg om, ikke sant?
desember 11th, 2009 at 21:44
Great explanation about why we get enjoy all those beautiful colours inour sky, perfect match for a great photo.
desember 11th, 2009 at 22:12
Thank you for the beautiful scene, and the interesting color lesson.
desember 11th, 2009 at 22:13
looks like doomsday, but so beautiful.
desember 12th, 2009 at 3:22
Beautiful sky, interesting explanation!
desember 12th, 2009 at 5:53
Haven’t stopped by in a while but your picture is as beautiful as always.
desember 14th, 2009 at 22:18
That’s a beautiful sunset, Rune, and interesting explanation. Thanks for visiting my SWF.
Janice.
desember 19th, 2009 at 2:35
A beautiful photo – both the color and the light are wonderful.