> > > Of course you were :-) The only point you might want to expand on is that when the sun is nearest the horizon, the rays are traveling tangent to the viewer and, hence, through a larger distance of air. The further the sunlight has to travel through air molecules, the more likely the shorter-wave component of light (blue) is scattered out -- allowing only warmer red, orange, and yellow light to reach and delight the viewer's eyes.
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> > Now explain why the sky never appears green, even around the outer edge of a sunrise/sunset or just as it's appearing or disappearing.
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> It does, occasionally. In the tropics a 'green flash' is sometimes seen just as the sun dips below the horizon.
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> en"or so says Joseph Conrad"ile

I've seen the green flash a few times. I think it would be quite swell if the sky turned green someday. And stayed that way. Forever. That would rule monkeys!

-Morris Cecil "Yes, I DO just slap random nouns after 'suck' and 'bite' and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, 'rule' and 'rock', just to emphasize my point" Glalet, Th.D.
Mon 25 Oct A.D. 1999