Sunsets appear red and orange because sunlight must travel through a thicker layer of Earth's atmosphere when the sun is low on the horizon; during this journey, blue light with shorter wavelengths gets scattered away by atmospheric particles, while red and orange light with longer wavelengths pass through more easily and reach our eyes.
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the reason we see the sunset as red and orange in the eveningAdded:
Did you know the reason we see the sunset is red and orange in the evening is because sunlight has to travel through a thicker layer of Earth's atmosphere.
The blue light gets scattered away leaving only the red and orange light which have the longest wavelengths to reach our eyes.
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