The Sun rises in Midland, Michigan, shortly after 8a.m. on Jan. 13, 2017. Christian Collins/Flickr January 10, 2022 How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days Deanna Hence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The winter solstice is past, but bundle up – January is when winter really arrives in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Light from our setting sun reflecting off storm clouds can give off a some vivid shades of pinks, purples and oranges. Jake Clark January 6, 2021 Curious Kids: how does the Sun make such pretty colours at sunsets and sunrises? Jake Clark, University of Southern Queensland and Nataliea Lowson, University of Southern Queensland It’s all to do with the light from the Sun and a blanket of air wrapped around Earth called the ‘atmosphere’.
A red hazy sunset over Indiana caused by wildfire smoke from the Western U.S. SOPA Images/LightRocket va Getty Images September 22, 2020 How can smoke from West Coast fires cause red sunsets in New York? Jeffrey B. Halverson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Last week, much of the Midwest and eastern US experienced hazy skies and red sunsets. The cause was smoke transported from the Western US by the jet stream and spread as far as Boston and even Europe.