Why is the sky yellow right now
This Is Why The Bay Area Sky Was Orange, Red and Even Yellow
for many of us this morning the skies
look like we were
waking up on mars so what's the science
behind the sun taking on that orange or
red
look to it in the middle of the day well
it turns out
it's similar to what happens at sunrise
and sunset
it has to do if the smoke pollution
itself those tiny particles help to
diffuse and scatter out the shorter
wavelength colors like blue
and allow the longer wavelength colors
like red and orange to pass through
which is the reason why we get that
sunset orange and red in the middle of
the day
the more smoke pollution you get the
deeper the color of red you see in the
sky
so it's a function of our wildfire smoke
taking our daytime sunlight
and turning into a sunrise or sunset
orange and red speaking of which if
you've taken some pictures and videos
you'd like to share with us please send
them on in
we'd love to share them on air and
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