We’ve received reports that yesterday’s sunset was incredible.
(Thanks to Tamotomo-san and Kagayaki 509-go @ Nishitsu SP for the tips.)
Here it is↓
This is yesterday’s sunset seen from Imazu. Photo provided by Tamotomo-san〜
This is in Amagasaki, but just beyond here is the Mukogawa River.
So we looked up a little about why sunsets happen in the first place. Here’s the super simplified version.
Sunlight = light made up of all the colors of the rainbow
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In the evening, sunlight enters from the side of the Earth and travels a loooong way through the air
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Along the way, blue and green light are “lighter,” so they hit the air and scatter all over the place
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The red light left at the end = sunset glow
Yesterday’s sunset seen from Yamate Ohashi Bridge
And apparently there are three reasons why it became such a “super sunset”!
(1) A day when the air is clean and dry
→ The red light reaches us clearly!
(2) A day with thin clouds high up
→ That red light hits the underside of the clouds and reflects, making them bright red
(3) A day with no clouds low in the sky
→ The sunlight isn’t blocked, so it can fully light up the clouds.
That’s the idea, apparently.
A sunset video from Imazu showing the western sky → eastern sky
The western sky is bright red, which means the air is clean. The eastern sky being purple apparently means “there’s a lot of dust and stuff” in the air.
There was a day with a sky like this that we photographed from Shukugawa three years ago, but wow, it must’ve been full of dust〜. What kind of sky will we get today?
※Tamotomo-san and Kagayaki 509-go @ Nishitsu SP, thank you very much for the information!!
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