The same light scattering that makes our daytime sky blue intensifies during smoke events, as larger particles allow the ...

This is why even without the presence of smoke, many sunrises and sunsets appear yellow or orange. Smoke particles in the sky ...

Smoke from wildfires has caused the sun to appear more vibrantly reddish orange to people nationwide over the years. Just ...

The sun is reddened by wildfire smoke from the Airport Fire on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in El Cariso, an unincorporated community in Riverside County, Calif. The appearance of a red sun in the sky ...

That's because the smoke particles "scatter shorter wavelengths of light," including blue, purple, green and yellow, leaving longer wavelengths like red and orange to break through.

What time is sunset today, tomorrow? On Tuesday, June 3, the sunset in northern Jersey is at 8:24 p.m., while further south it'll be closer to 8:20 p.m. The sunset will be a few minutes later in ...