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Sunrise, Sunset The smoke from the Los Padres National Forest fire has played havoc with the clarity of our night sky. However, it has contributed to some beautiful sunsets of late. While the fire is certainly a tragedy for some and a hardship for many, there is always at least a small upside to any downside. Do you remember the outrageous sunsets in the weeks after Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991 in the Philippines? As a sky watcher and amateur philosopher, I've spent many an evening and morning watching the sun rise and set. Many songs and poems have made references to them. For me, the rising and setting of the sun holds several fascinations and amazing beauty. When the sun is overhead, it shines straight down through our atmosphere, inundating us with photons that blind the eye and burns the skin. To get above half of our atmosphere you need go less than three miles straight up (18,000 ft. above sea level). When the sun is low on the horizon, however, we're looking...
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