Why does the sunrise look different from the sunset?

Question

Why do these look different. I don't think they look the same personally. Anyone know!?

Answer 1

The colours are different due to red shift caused by the Earth's rotation. Other differences are caused by the weather conditions, mostly the change in temperature. Sunrise is colder than sunset.

Answer 2

because sunrise is when the sun is going up  

but sunset is when the sun is goin' down

Answer 3

Because the west coast is better than the east coast.

Answer 4

u must have extraordinary observation power..

u can see 2 pics of sunrise and sunset and say which is what..

LOL  

Answer 5

on sunrise light rise and sunset light fades

Answer 6

If there is for example a low pressure passing very fast with a lot of wind, there is not much to differentiate sunrise and sunset. But if you experience a high pressure with little wind or change in the weather pattern, you can expect to have this:

At sunrise, the air is colder near the surface than above because heat has radiated away during the night. The air is moist and it changes the colour perception of the sky. Clouds are mostly layered and flat stratus.

At sunset, the sun has heated the earth and formed convective clouds like cumulus. The air is dryer on the surface and the low rays of the sun look different. Unlike the early morning with possible fog or haze, the visibility is generally better at sunset.

Answer 7

because during the day when the sun has heated the earth, it's caused the sky to be full of smog and stuff that dirties the air...it makes the light different.

sunrise is clean and new...

sunset is old and dirty...