When the Sun is near the horizon, its light passes through a lot more of the atmosphere to reach the Earth's surface than ...

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When the sun is lower on the horizon, the sunlight has to travel through more of the Earth's atmosphere, which scatters more of the blue light. This is why the sky appears reddish or orange during ...