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- "It is certainly true that the 'pollution' results in redder sunsets."
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The people in those cars may be drowning in a sea of smog, but they at least can take solace in seeing a scarlet sunset blazing across the horizon. According to urban legend, air pollution ...
Oct 19, 1991 · On a day when the pollution is particularly heavy, the Sun appears as a dull red disc that may fade away even before it reaches the horizon. But why does the Sun look…
Most people think the answer is yes -- that smoggy cities like Los Angeles and Beijing, with hazy skies most of the time, at least get to have extra-brilliant sunsets to cough at as a result of that haziness. As it turns out, those people are mostly wrong.
Mar 25, 2014 · By studying the color of sunsets in paintings, climate scientists now think they can gauge the natural cooling that occurred after historical volcanic eruptions. Accounting for these...
Even without air pollution, we would still experience red skies — at least to an extent. But as you’ve seen, excess pollution in the air can make sunrises and sunsets have a brighter red glow. It can even make the sky appear red at night or during the day. As the atmosphere continues to get more polluted, will the sky continue to turn red?
Mar 30, 2014 · The degree of red in the skies depicted in historic paintings offers a proxy for pollution levels in the Earth's past atmosphere, according to a study published Tuesday. What's more, artists'...
Jun 3, 2014 · Air pollution scatters light, producing vivid reds that have been faithfully captured by landscape painters over the last 500 years. Researchers in Greece recently found that sunset paintings by artists such as J.M.W. Turner and Edgar Degas accurately reflect contemporary pollution events—specifically, the 54 major volcanic eruptions since 1522.
