Witnessed one of the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen while on a walk last night

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baucher04 on August 1st, 2022 at 18:57 UTC »

From this article:

https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/atmosphere/appearance-sky

"The most heavily polluted cities in the world also tend to have more orange and red sunsets, resulting from an abundance of human-made aerosols."

Trihorn on August 1st, 2022 at 19:29 UTC »

It is quite beautiful but also a mark of high levels of Particulate Matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 in Air Quality lingo) and other air polluting materials. These particulates are refracting the sunlight and giving us this nice view.

Looking at the European Air Quality Index then Serbia is having a bad spell with PM and O3 (Ozone). Ozone is our friend in the stratosphere but not on the ground.

hcstuart on August 1st, 2022 at 23:38 UTC »

It’s pollution from the Sweetum’s factory… but is it worth the asthma?