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Why the sun looks red at the time of setting ?

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At the time of sun setting, the sun is at the horizon. The sun.s rays have to travel a larger distance through the atmosphere. When the light emitted by the setting sun passes through the blanket of dust present in the atmosphere, the blue part of the light is scattered away by the dust particles and hence red part is visible.
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