Purple Sunsets

[Friends just call me Ross]

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WHY ARE SUNSETS TURNING PURPLE? 

http://spaceweather.com/

 

Every year, on average, about 60 volcanoes erupt somewhere on Earth, shooting ashy plumes of sulfurous gas thousands of feet into the air. Rarely do those plumes make it all the way up to the stratosphere. This summer, however, two volcanoes have done it. The Raikoke volcano in the Kirul Islands (June 22nd) and the Ulawun volcanoin New Guinea (Aug. 3rd) both punched through to the stratosphere, sending material as high as 60,000 ft.

The action of these two volcanoes may explain why many sky watchers are starting to notice purple sunsets. Gabriel Cyr of Saint-Elzéar, Quebec, photographed this example on Aug. 25th:

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We got a pretty amazing looking sunset here in Saint-Elzear (Quebec). That's gotta be one of those sunsets caused by volcanic or wild fire ashes that accumulated in the stratosphere throughout the year, reflecting purple light from the setting sun. In this case, the skies where perfectly clear with no tropospheric clouds visible to the naked eye, making the phenomenon easier to distinguish from a "regular" sunset.--Gabriel Cyr  August 25, 2019

 

[Miss Bea]

We had purple and orange sunsets during a volcano eruption. Somewhere! 

Love those northern lights, too. Favorite color, lavender, and purple!