tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317232932164381368.post303873434595322917..comments2024-03-13T15:37:48.716+01:00Comments on Views from my kitchen window: ALPENGLOW AT 10 PM?Emil Emshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07815643585218883358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317232932164381368.post-64668422269490981232016-06-18T22:05:52.680+02:002016-06-18T22:05:52.680+02:00It is a bit more complicated than that. Unfortunat...It is a bit more complicated than that. Unfortunately, there are no mountains to watch from my balcony, so the clouds in the Eastern sky have to make do as backdrop for those rays to be reflected on. Or, to quote Wikpedia, <br />"In the absence of mountains, the aerosols in the eastern portion of the sky can be illuminated in the same way at sunset by the remaining red scattered light straddling the border of the Earth's own shadow (the terminator). This back-scattered light produces a red band opposite the Sun."Emil Emshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815643585218883358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317232932164381368.post-75279269517823400262016-06-18T20:18:56.829+02:002016-06-18T20:18:56.829+02:00I was taught that alpenglow was the rosy glow on m...I was taught that alpenglow was the rosy glow on mountains, when the red setting sun still reaches the mountain, but we are in the shadow below.Alice Meyers, Linda Rosen's friendnoreply@blogger.com