Why is the sky red?

Question

its about 9 o clock and the sky is red can someone explain whats going on? im live in atlanta,ga

Answer 1

its the sun hitting the clouds.

is it hot ?

Answer 2

did it just rain?

Answer 3

it is the result of the way that the sun hits the clouds as the sun dawns!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

its most likely the sun setting - but good news as the old saying goes pink at night sailors delight, pink in the morning, sailors take warning - tomorrow should be a beautiful day

Answer 5

When you look at the sky you see blue light rather than the blackness of space. this is because the sunlight is scattered by gasses and particles in the air. The wavelength of blue light is the shortest and therefore will scatter more thean the other colors making the entire sky blue.

When you look to the horizon the sky seems almost white, that is because the light is travelling farhter, and through more atmosphere to reach your eyes and therefore more colors are diffused so only white is left.

the same principle applies at sunset when the light travels through the atmosphere different wavelengths are scattered leaving only red and purple shades.

hope it helps.

Answer 6

6 months ago i used to live in GA , but i have never see any sKY that make red but....right now i am in ky i don't see any red here.

it could be when the sun bright right through light cloudy then make appear like red, i could be wrong.

Answer 7

Fire?

Answer 8

the colors of the clounds alot of time have to do with the polution in the air! :(

Answer 9

You get differnt colors because the sunlight is coming to you at an angle rather than above you, and it passes through more atmosphere alterning the color

Answer 10

Sunset?

Answer 11

the sun duh!

Answer 12

The sunset and sunrise are different colors in different areas based on the amount of pollution in the air. The brighter and more diverse the colors, the more pollution.

Answer 13

its blue....

Answer 14

i don't know why but that means its going to

be hot tomorrow

Answer 15

it is just the sunset or sunrise

Answer 16

Smog, pollution, ashes from a fire

Answer 17

if the sun is almost setting, the rays will have to travel further distances to reach you, this traveling requires longer wavelengths, in the colour spectrum, red in one of these wavelengths.  The sky is blue because in the morning, the sun is  above, therefore it travels less distances and uses shorter wavelengths (such as blue). called "Rayleigh Scattering"

it could also be because of the polluition =P

Answer 18

the sun is just dissapering, if u live in the country, city lights don't block out the sun's setting red rays. you know, like in  lion king

Answer 19

It is Gods reminder that you are going to have good weather. See link.

Answer 20

1. tornado is comming

2. h**l is frezzeing over