Explain why a sunset or sunrise looks red
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Explain why a sunset or sunrise looks red
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- In the chapter-opening photos Dean Baird is covered first with circular images of the Sun, then with crescent-shaped images. Where in the sky is the Moon relative to the Sun when the images are crescents?What happens when light reflects from a medium having an index of refraction greater than that of the medium in which it is traveling?Why is nearly impossible to see a rainbow at sunrise or sunset?