Why Is The Sunset Red?

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[chibino]

*”You see...light is made up of different colors. And out of all those colors, red is the one that travels the farthest.”*

[freddymertz]

“Traveling at it’s own wavelength, some can be slow and some can be fast...” That statement might be confusing considering most people think of slow and fast in terms of speed or velocity. All light travels at 186, 000 miles per second, it’s the frequency of the wave that, I guess, you could describe as being slower or faster than the other.

[edlubs]

By this explanation, at some point you should see the sky as green in between it being blue to orange.

[harshitasingh]

but where does that blue colour go which have been scattered completely

[eviesturges]

thanks, this was really helpful for me and my friends :)

[hayatkhaled]

But i still don’t understand how the long path to the earth through the atmosphere has something to do with the wavelength of red😭

[studioskim]

Thanks! I'm going to use this in my classroom! :D Also, if you could even add a snippet of how our sees (RGB cones) I think that would be really helpful on top of what "color" the sky is. I tell my students that if they see directly into the sky (and I tell them not to try this, as this COULD "burn" their eyes... which I only say to discourage them from looking directly into the sky) that they'll see white... they sun is so bright, it looks white. The whole science of sight is fascinating! :D

[preeyashetty]

This was really very helpful... It cleared a lot of confusions :) Thank u soo much!!!

[pgan]

Your explanation really hit all the right notes! Thank you so much!

[adamlickess]

Cheers bud, top quality video. Well explained for those of us with minimal knowledge around the subject🤛👍

[yengly]

during a sunset or sunrise is the red light spectrum being scattered in the atmosphere or is it coming straight to a person's eye ?

thanks

[Lemonadee]

"Son come outside! Its a great sunset out here!"
*sends a picture of the red sunset*
Me: *instantly thinking of scp 001*

[vashnavibhoomika]

Your video r bro . It is so helpful for me and others. Thanks for this video

[alexs.]

does that mean on a certain atmospheric altitude between red and blue the sky is green as well?

[zakarianaji]

but why we dont see it green before it changes to red ? i mean bleu > green > yellow >orange >red ?

[tanishamarko]

waht about other colours ...if vlue colour scatter then where does other go?

[petero.]

Thanks for the explanation: A misconception I had was only that the sky color was simply because of the oxygen & nitrogen absorbing most all colors except blue (that is why most objects have a color -- they absorb everything except what bounces back to the eye), so I figured it was some sort of red-shifting thing (after all, if the atmosphere was absorbing any color but blue and traveled a longer distance, you'd just absorb more blue). However if you're getting some of the color from absorption of wavelengths, and some from scattering with higher wavelengths able to plow through more, you'd end up with red's being able to go the distance while the blues eventually fade off.

The statements of wavelengths having speeds seems inaccurate, as wavelengths are the length between waves, they're all traveling at, what is more or less, the speed of light. The speed of light can vary with the medium they travel through, but that's a different matter (refraction).

[PedroBlazeArt]

but why is it a red to blue to black gradient? if the light is traveling longer distances wouldn't the blue be gone already??? so confused.

[hitormisshuh]

so the sky changes colors based on the sun's positioning and how its light hits the atmosphere?

lesser light that hits the atmosphere, more red tone lights?
more light is more blue tone lights?

[sharmeelashamala]

If it was sunset, the distance from Earth and Sun will be further..So the Spectrum will come and on the way blue and violet will scattered away because it is the most scattered and red and orange scattered the less so we can see them