What makes a sunset so beautiful? Detailed answer

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What makes a sunset so beautiful?

The sun itself has nothing to do with the splendor of the sunset. The strangest thing is that the dust that is present in the air helps to create this effect. In fact, dust particles make the sky blue and the sunset pink. The sun's white ray is actually made up of all the colors of the rainbow.

Each color has its own wavelength. Violet waves are the shortest, red ones are the longest. At sunset, the sun is near the horizon. In this position, we see it through a much thicker layer of dust. These particles change the direction of short waves emitted by the Sun. Only long waves, red and orange, can pass unhindered. Violet, blue, green colors scatter, mix and make the gray twilight blaze across the sky. The disk of the sun appears red. Sometimes there are clouds in the part of the sky where the sun sets. They reflect the sunlight and the sunset seems to be blazing.

Violet and blue waves scatter more than long red ones. Scattered violet and blue rays bounce in the atmosphere from particle to particle, thus spreading the light across the sky.

Since our eyes perceive blue waves more easily than violet, the sky appears blue to us. But it happens during the day. By the way, the brightness of the sunset depends on the composition of the particles in the air, from which the sunlight is reflected. Tiny particles of water play a special role in this, so certain clouds turn red in the rays of sunset.

Author: Likum A.

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Which tree is the tallest?

Trees are green plants. They, like other green plants, have roots, stems, leaves, and seeds. Trees are the oldest of all green plants. Some sequoias in the northwestern United States are over 4000 years old. This means that they were already mature trees when Columbus discovered America. Trees are also the largest of the green plants.

It is known that the tallest on earth are giant sequoias in California. In the Humboldt National Forest there is a tree that is considered the tallest in the world. It is called the Founder's Tree and is over 110m high. Some big experts believe that many years ago the eucalyptus tree in Australia was as tall as these California sequoias, but now they are on average 15 m lower.

Another tree species that approaches sequoias is the Douglas fir, many of which are over 91m tall. Tree roots not only absorb water and minerals from the soil, but also hold the tree to the ground. And to hold a very large tree, a strong root system is needed. Did you know that the root system of a tree takes up as much space in the soil as its crown in the air?

Scientists have learned to count how old a tree is by its rings on the trunk. There are rings in the cross section of most tree species. A layer of new wood forms over a layer of old wood under the bark each year. This layer forms a ring. Each ring in the tree trunk testifies to one year of his life. The trunk gets thicker and thicker as new rings, or layers, are added. In trees, rings are added not only in the trunk, but also in the branches. The branches grow a little in length each year. And since only the ends of the branches grow in height, the bases of the trees never rise higher from the ground than they were at the beginning.

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