Why do sunsets and sunrises look so different? Isn’t it technically the same thing?
In: Earth Science
I want to add to some of these answers as a gas phase chemist:
The composition of the atmosphere at each level is different in the evening vs. the morning. The sun having been out all day drives a ton of complex chemical reactions in the atmosphere – so by the time the sun sets, there’s an entirely different mixture of chemicals in the air than when it comes up.
That’s not the whole story but it does cause some of the differences.
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