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  2. Inversion (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    With sufficient humidity in the cooler layer, fog is typically present below the inversion cap. An inversion is also produced whenever radiation from the surface of the earth exceeds the amount of radiation received from the sun, which commonly occurs at night, or during the winter when the sun is very low in the sky.

  3. Orange Skies Day - Wikipedia

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    Orange Skies Day was a climatological event that occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area on September 9, 2020. [1] [2]The orange-colored hue in the sky was the result of smoke from the North Complex Fire (including the Bear Fire) and more than 20 other wildfires, which burned more than 2 million acres east of the San Francisco Bay Area. [3]

  4. Haze - Wikipedia

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    For these reasons, sunrise and sunset colors and possibly the sun itself appear subdued on hazy days, and stars may be obscured by haze at night. In some cases, attenuation by haze is so great that, toward sunset, the sun disappears altogether before even reaching the horizon. [9]

  5. California night sky glows orange as Franklin Fire prompts ...

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    Footage recorded by Steve Futterman showed the night sky near the university glowing orange as the fire burned in the early hours. At least 2.8 square miles have been burned by the fire, LA County ...

  6. Atmospheric optics - Wikipedia

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    The reason for this apparent reduction in sky brightness is that, while light from the sky enclosed within the primary bow comes from droplet reflection, and light beyond the secondary bow also comes from droplet reflection, there is no mechanism for the region between the bows to reflect light in the direction of the observer. Generally ...

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  8. New England's Dark Day - Wikipedia

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    New England's Dark Day occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the daytime sky was observed over the New England states [1] and parts of eastern Canada. [2] The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires , [ 3 ] a thick fog , and cloud cover.

  9. 25 Stunning Northern Lights Photographs Honored By ... - AOL

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    Image credits: latvianphotographer #3 “Cosmic Explosion” – Uroš Fink. Istria, Croatia. "On the night of the Perseid meteor shower, I was treated to a “multi-course menu” of the night sky.