The next art hike is Dec. 17. Williams’ paintings are part of a sunset series ... the paintings — with their orange, pink and golden hues — color-match the sky behind them nearly perfectly.

resulting in a blue sky. During a sunset, however, light scattering works differently. The sun’s light has a lot further to travel. Blue wavelengths are filtered out, and so the red and orange ...

And with more of the longer wavelengths scattered at sunset, the sky looks more orange, too. Kenneth Chang has been at The Times since 2000, writing about physics, geology, chemistry, and the planets.

sending the orange or red light to the ground and limiting the blue light. Sunset taken at Waterfront Park in Clermont post storm (WKMG) The types of clouds in the sky during sunset or sunrise ...

"That's similar to during sunrise and sunset times, when the sun is near ... the yellow and red part of solar light, making the sky look orange.