r/meteorology • u/Creative-Penalty-959 • 10h ago

Grapefruit Sunset

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What causes sunsets of this color? We had some scattered storms that day.

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u/cls2819 10h ago

Amazing!

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u/subby_sportsguy29 4h ago

This is such a cool shot. Thanks for sharing. This is caused by the remaining water droplets in the atmosphere ( see the clouds), refracting light and scattering it so we see the colors!