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Okanagan Lake turns pink during Friday’s sunset

Colours of first orange and then pink delight South Okanagan sky watchers

A stunning sunset turned Okanagan Lake first orange and then pink Friday night, June 4.

An amazing display of colours in the sky at sunset last night around 9 p.m., the last day of Okanagan’s heat wave.

Phyllis Zella captured the orange sunset above Penticton.

So what causes such gorgeous sunsets?

According to meteorologists, sunsets is caused by ‘scattering.’

‘Scattering’ occurs, sending some of the light’s wavelengths off in different directions. This happens millions of times before that beam gets to your line of sight at sunset.

Because red has the longest wavelength of any visible light, the sun is red when it’s on the horizon, where its extremely long path through the atmosphere blocks all other colours.

Yet it seems that the Okanagan seems to get some of the best sunsets in the world! We are very lucky to live here.

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Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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