Why does the sky turn orange and pink at sunset?
Sunset's Long Journey
Why does the sky turn orange and pink at sunset?
Every evening, the sky throws a quiet party. The blue of the afternoon packs up, and in roll the oranges, the pinks, the deep glowing reds. It looks like magic — but it's really just sunlight playing a game with the air. Let's find out the rules.
First, a secret about sunlight: it isn't actually white. Hidden inside every sunbeam is a whole rainbow — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet — all traveling together, pretending to be plain white light.
