Red Sunset, Green Flash
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Description: Tells why sunsets look red, and why you can sometimes see a green flash just before the sun sets.
Sunsets are reddened because for sun positions which are very low or just below the horizon, the light passing at grazing incidence upon the earth must pass through a greater thickness of air than when it is overhead. Just before the sun disappears from view, its actual position is about a diameter below the horizon, the light having been bent by
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| Page title: | Red Sunset, Green Flash |
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| IP-address: | 131.96.4.201 |
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| NS | Name Servers: DNS-EXT1.GSU.EDU 131.96.7.116 DNS-EXT2.GSU.EDU 131.96.7.124 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Jun-1990 last updated: 26-Jun-2013 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |