Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.

If the sky is blue during the day ... When the Sun is low on the horizon, its light must pass through a thicker layer of the atmosphere. This extended journey scatters the shorter blue and ...

T he sky isn't just blue by chance. I t takes all the colors ... a larger part of the atmosphere when the sun is lower on the horizon. Red, orange and yellow have longer wavelengths, which ...