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Is it this? https://nation.cymru/news/this-is-why-the-sky-turned-pink-and-purple-across-wales/ https://nation.cymru/news/this-is-why-the-sky-turned-pink-an...

• _lvbh 3y ago
  Yes this is exactly what I saw! The others on this thread had me convinced this was just how sunsets look in the U.K.
  • defrost 3y ago
    Such things are uncommon in the UK ... but even less common in Malaysia. Equatorial sunsets are over pretty quick and there's a very short window in which the light path from the sun passes through a lot more of the atmosphere. The closer to the poles you move the longer the sunsets and sunrises - above a certain latitude you'll find seasons with days that have no night and others that are all night with no day - for long periods the sun is either low on the horizon or just below it. This opens the viewer up to more reflection and refraction events where dust in suspension, clouds, create wavelength effects on the light spectrum and other illusions.
  • cpach 3y ago
    Wow. That looks very special indeed. I have seen the sky in pink or orange hues, but never solid magenta or fuchsia like in those photos. Very cool!