Member's BLOG: Saturday, October 13th 2012
#21
10-13-2012, 08:18 AM
Thanks `Devin, isn't it just amazing what a member can learn on a Chevy Monte Carlo Forum
Thanks 4 your reply & sharing 
Why does the sky at dawn look so different than the sky at sunset?
Why does the sky at dawn look so different than the sky at sunset? Shouldn’t the colors be the same? asks a reader.
When the sun sets, the light streaming through our western windows turns a deep gold, and bright oranges and reds streak the sky. But when the sun rises, the light that first floods through our east-facing windows may be a beautiful blue, often followed by a delicate, rosy pink as the sun makes it appearance. In fact, we can sometimes tell by the sky colors whether a photo has captured a sunrise or a sunset.
The colors come courtesy of the Earth’s atmosphere, which is thickest nearer the ground. As white sunlight zips into the atmosphere, it is invisibly full of color — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Teased out by tiny particles in the atmosphere, it’s these colors that we see splashed across the sky at sunrise and sunset.
As sunlight encounters the atmosphere’s gas molecules (such as oxygen and nitrogen), it is broken up into its colors, and then scattered every which way. Longer-wavelength light, like red, is scattered less. Sixteen times as much shorter-wavelength light — blues and violets — is scattered out from gas molecules, flooding the sky. And we see blue.
At sunrise and sunset, with the Sun near the horizon and its rays traveling nearly parallel to the ground, sunlight must pass through a thick blanket of air before it reaches our eyes. As even more of the blue end of the spectrum is scattered out of the light beam and into the sky, we see the Sun’s face dim and redden. Clouds lit by the altered sunlight turn shades of red and orange and pink. The more blues that are deflected from the beam, the deeper red the sky around the setting or rising sun will appear.
So why do sunrises often display a sky in delicate shades of pink, while sunsets blaze crimson? Scientists say that the air light must travel through is usually thicker at sunset than at sunrise. Dust and pollutants are near their peak at sunset, after a day’s activity by human beings — digging in the ground, constructing buildings, operating machinery and driving cars.
In addition, the air at sunset is usually much warmer than the air at sunrise, since the Earth cools overnight, radiating daytime’s heat into space. And hotter air is more turbulent than cooler air.
So at sunset, we are looking through the thickest layer of gas molecules, dust, and other pollutants, such as soot. More blues are scattered out of incoming beams of sunlight, and we see red, orange, and deep yellow light. But at dawn, the lower atmosphere is calmer, cooler, and cleaner. Daytime’s dust has settled overnight. Air molecules still scatter blues out of the streaming sunlight. But since more blue is left in the beam, the rising sun itself appears less red, and the dawn sky wears a more delicate tint of blue-pinks, pale yellows, and peach.
Your sunrise may vary; sunrises over the sea may look different than sunrises over land. And summer smog, or the lofted dust from a volcano, can make a sunrise as vivid as a sunset.
As sunlight encounters the atmosphere’s gas molecules (such as oxygen and nitrogen), it is broken up into its colors, and then scattered every which way. Longer-wavelength light, like red, is scattered less. Sixteen times as much shorter-wavelength light — blues and violets — is scattered out from gas molecules, flooding the sky. And we see blue.
At sunrise and sunset, with the Sun near the horizon and its rays traveling nearly parallel to the ground, sunlight must pass through a thick blanket of air before it reaches our eyes. As even more of the blue end of the spectrum is scattered out of the light beam and into the sky, we see the Sun’s face dim and redden. Clouds lit by the altered sunlight turn shades of red and orange and pink. The more blues that are deflected from the beam, the deeper red the sky around the setting or rising sun will appear.
So why do sunrises often display a sky in delicate shades of pink, while sunsets blaze crimson? Scientists say that the air light must travel through is usually thicker at sunset than at sunrise. Dust and pollutants are near their peak at sunset, after a day’s activity by human beings — digging in the ground, constructing buildings, operating machinery and driving cars.
In addition, the air at sunset is usually much warmer than the air at sunrise, since the Earth cools overnight, radiating daytime’s heat into space. And hotter air is more turbulent than cooler air.
So at sunset, we are looking through the thickest layer of gas molecules, dust, and other pollutants, such as soot. More blues are scattered out of incoming beams of sunlight, and we see red, orange, and deep yellow light. But at dawn, the lower atmosphere is calmer, cooler, and cleaner. Daytime’s dust has settled overnight. Air molecules still scatter blues out of the streaming sunlight. But since more blue is left in the beam, the rising sun itself appears less red, and the dawn sky wears a more delicate tint of blue-pinks, pale yellows, and peach.
Your sunrise may vary; sunrises over the sea may look different than sunrises over land. And summer smog, or the lofted dust from a volcano, can make a sunrise as vivid as a sunset.
Last edited by Space; 10-13-2012 at 08:22 AM.
#22
10-13-2012, 08:26 AM
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LOL! definitely interesting how all that works!
Same reason the moon can look orange/red sometimes, has to do with the light hitting the dust in the atmosphere and making it that color.
Pretty neat stuff!
Same reason the moon can look orange/red sometimes, has to do with the light hitting the dust in the atmosphere and making it that color.
Pretty neat stuff!
#23
10-13-2012, 08:27 AM
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posts: 4,780
Good morning all. Cold one this morning. Don't really have anything planned this weekend except relax and catch up on sleep. Feels like it's been over a month since I've gone an entire weekend without something going on. I do have a date Sunday night though so we'll see how that goes.
Haha this always gives me a good laugh especially since Michigan is involved, thought I'd share.
Haha this always gives me a good laugh especially since Michigan is involved, thought I'd share.
#25
10-13-2012, 08:38 AM
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Albertville MN
Posts: 4,389
Good morning again everyone . Been downstairs try to set up our spare room. Thats where we put all our stuff that we take to Arizona for the winter. Got up around 7 am and had a cup of coffee and thought about our trip. Then went down to see whats ready to go. Not much going on here today. Had a dream about Pizza & cold Beer. Now I want that for dinner tonight. Think its time to try Pizza Hut's meat lovers . Sounds good HUH ? Ok back later. Taking some clothes downstairs to pack.P.S. LOOKS like the whole state of Michigan is getting some rain today WOW!!!
. Been downstairs try to set up our spare room. Thats where we put all our stuff that we take to Arizona for the winter. Got up around 7 am and had a cup of coffee and thought about our trip. Then went down to see whats ready to go. Not much going on here today. Had a dream about Pizza & cold Beer. Now I want that for dinner tonight. Think its time to try Pizza Hut's meat lovers . Sounds good HUH ? Ok back later. Taking some clothes downstairs to pack.P.S. LOOKS like the whole state of Michigan is getting some rain today WOW!!!
#26
10-13-2012, 08:53 AM
Good Morning `Rick, I hope you got a good recharge & I was waiting to see who would make the first post today about FOOD (LOL) You Win ~ LOL 
mmmmh, That looks good, even at this early morning hour of a new day...
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You Win ~ LOL mmmmh, That looks good, even at this early morning hour of a new day...***
Last edited by Space; 10-13-2012 at 08:56 AM.
#28
10-13-2012, 09:13 AM
It's still great that you can stay connected to your Monte Carlo Family & the World 4-Sure.
..Sure hope that they get your home connected soon 
Plugged in2 the World & Beyond
#29
10-13-2012, 09:16 AM
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posts: 4,780
Also looking forward to game one of the ALCS tonight! TIGERS VS. YANKEES tonight at 8pm on TBS. Should be an awesome series. Actually, depending on ticket availability and the cost of tickets, I'm thinking of going to a game or two when we're home at Comerica Park for games 3-5. I went to two games last year during the ALCS when we played Texas (found tickets for a crazy cheap $10-$15 so why not, right?). Hope I can find some again this year.
Go TIGERS! Curious, any Yankees fans here?
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwhitt/6269490113/" title="Comerica Park - Home of the Detroit Tigers (_DSC2925-HDR) by markwhitt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6119/6269490113_a07fc0ebf6_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="Comerica Park - Home of the Detroit Tigers (_DSC2925-HDR)"></a>
#30
10-13-2012, 09:26 AM
Hi `Matt, that is a super beautiful picture & it would be a great spot to watch a game...I don't get a chance to follow or watch to many sports on TV or in person..The MCF takes all my free time ~>
I try to follow X-Games (Surf'in/skateboarding/motorcycles & Auto Racing)..I look forward to having the time to watch other sports...I'm sure I would become addicted 4-Sure...
I hope that you can `go to as many games as you can afford ~> EnJoy the `Journey - the Experience 4-Sure