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  2. Sunset (color) - Wikipedia

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    Because the shorter wavelength components, such as blue and green, scatter more strongly, these colors are preferentially removed from the beam. [2] At sunrise and sunset, when the path through the atmosphere is longer, the blue and green components are removed almost completely, leaving the longer wavelength orange and red hues we see at those ...

  3. Sunset - Wikipedia

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    Calculate the sunset time, which is the solar noon time plus the sunset hour angle in degree divided by 15; Use the sunset time as input to the solar geometry routine to get the solar azimuth angle at sunset. An interesting feature in the figure on the right is apparent hemispheric symmetry in regions where daily sunrise and sunset actually occur.

  4. Atmospheric optics - Wikipedia

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    The yellow color is due to the presence of pollutants in the smoke. Yellowish clouds caused by the presence of nitrogen dioxide are sometimes seen in urban areas with high air pollution levels. [22] Red, orange and pink clouds occur almost entirely at sunrise and sunset and are the result of the scattering of sunlight by the atmosphere.

  5. Sunrise - Wikipedia

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    Sunrise seen over the Atlantic Ocean through cirrus clouds on the Jersey Shore at Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S.. Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, [1] at the start of the Sun path.

  6. Orders of magnitude (illuminance) - Wikipedia

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    Extreme of darkest storm clouds, sunset or sunrise 10 1: 1 decalux: 40 lux: Fully overcast, sunset or sunrise 10 2: 1 hectolux < 200 lux: Extreme of darkest storm clouds, midday 400 lux: Sunrise or sunset on a clear day (ambient illumination) 10 4: 10 kilolux: 10–25 kilolux: Typical overcast day, midday 20 kilolux: Shade illuminated by entire ...

  7. Alpenglow - Wikipedia

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    Solar ray 1 is the lowest from the Sun – the Sun is set. Solar ray 2 is reflected in the (snow) clouds to the observer. Alpenglow (from German: Alpenglühen, lit. 'Alps glow'; Italian: enrosadira) is an optical phenomenon that appears as a horizontal reddish glow near the horizon opposite to the Sun when the solar disk is just below the horizon.

  8. Golden hour (photography) - Wikipedia

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    The color temperature of daylight varies with the time of day. It tends to be around 2,000 K shortly after sunrise or before sunset, around 3,500 K during "golden hour", and around 5,500 K at midday. The color temperature can also change significantly with altitude, latitude, season, and weather conditions.

  9. Diffuse sky radiation - Wikipedia

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    At sunrise or sunset, tangentially incident solar rays illuminate clouds with orange to red hues. The visible spectrum, approximately 380 to 740 nanometers (nm), [1] shows the atmospheric water absorption band and the solar Fraunhofer lines. The blue sky spectrum contains light at all visible wavelengths with a broad maximum around 450–485 nm ...