![]() NOAAĪt sunset, light has to travel through a greater distance of atmosphere to reach our eyes - so even more blue light, and even some green and yellow light, gets filtered out. It makes a little more sense when you see a diagram. Instead, it bounces around in our atmosphere, creating the blue dome of sky we’re all so familiar with. That means not as much blue or violet light reaches the ground. Nitrogen and oxygen molecules in our atmosphere act as little mirrors for blue and violet light, in particular. But not all the colors reach the ground in the same concentration. Sunlight contains all the colors of the rainbow. It’s the same phenomenon that makes the sky appear blue during the day. Sunset colors are created by a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. Some people may like more muted sunsets, and that’s fine.īut before we explain why winter sunsets are so good, let’s look at how we get these beautiful late-day colors any time of the year. “The fancy word would be ‘spectrally pure,”’ he says, with reds and oranges that look like they’ve been picked out of a box of Crayola crayons. ![]() ![]() For me, (and for Corfidi), a beautiful sunset is one that’s vibrantly colored. Every day brings a new sunset, and he wanted to know why. “I liked the way the sky changed day to day,” he says. He first got interested in meteorology, he says, because of sunsets. That is, unless you like hazy sunsets.Ĭorfidi works in storm prediction, but has a lifelong fascination with the science of sunsets. ![]() Sunsets, he says, aren’t enhanced by smog pollution (despite the conventional wisdom). It turns out sunsets are, in fact, better during the colder months of the year, according to NOAA meteorologist Stephen Corfidi.Ĭorfidi says peak sunset season for the middle latitudes (think the Northeastern United States) is November through February, and it has to do with the confluence of a few meteorological factors. It occurred to us that since the days have become shorter and sunsets are occurring earlier in the day, we just have more of a chance to notice them at work.īut we also had to wonder: Is it possible that late fall and winter sunsets are just. Amid the colors are clouds that look like falling sheets of fabric, floating as if they are trying to assemble a parachute for our sinking star. Near dusk, intense coral pinks, reds, and peachy oranges have draped the horizon. I hope you enjoy making this.Lately, as temperatures have dropped, the sunsets at Vox’s Washington, DC, office have been remarkably beautiful. Colour photos are included as well as instructions for making the tassels. There are two files UK and US terminology, both with a chart as well as written instructions. The pattern uses basic stitches (dc/sc, htr/hdc, tr/dc) so is suitable for beginner to intermediate. The construction itself is a fairly simple 4 row repeat, making this the ideal project for those times you wish to sit and get lost in thought while crocheting making this a relaxing and enjoyable make. I have also made one with 10g skeins blended together so this could also be used as a great stash buster, or opportunity to use up lots of beautiful mini skeins. If you prefer, you could use an ombré yarn for which you would need approx 500m. For a lighter weight shawl you could use 4 ply yarn instead. To create the fade I used 5 different DK colours. The fade from one colour to the next is created using a gentle blending of yarns held together, which creates the slow gradient across the shawl. I designed this shawl to create a beautiful gradient of colour, representing the soft and calming transition from the warmth of the day to the cool of the night.
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