Q: What determines the colors of the sky at sunrise and sunset?
A: The colors of the sunset result from a phenomenon called scattering, says Steven Ackerman, professor of meteorology at UW-Madison.
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Q: What determines the colors of the sky at sunrise and sunset?
A: The colors of the sunset result from a phenomenon called scattering, says Steven Ackerman, professor of meteorology at UW-Madison.