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Old 08-20-2007   #8 (permalink)
mercurialbliss
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Originally Posted by col1974 View Post
what mercurial bliss said plus

the increasing depth of atmosphere that occurs at dusk brings around a predominant scattering of red / orange wavelengths within white light toward the observer making the sky apear the colour it does.
Atmospheric dust and other pollutants have a broadly similar effect.
Is that about right mercurial?
Yep, unless my old science textbook was wrong.