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The difference? Photoshop.
Definitely not, Colorado sunsets are wild. Here’s one from a few weeks ago, photo is literally blown out the colors are so wild, it looked much crazier in person.
And this happens all the time.
Edit: the hdr didn’t come through on some of these, like the second to last was SO MUCH MORE COLOR than that photo shows.
All the Southwest is like this.
Totally amazing sunset.....in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Yes, exactly. And look where you took those beautiful photos.
Yeah the meme is incredibly accurate. But it also makes sense because aerosols above cities make the sky redder for sunsets. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-smog-creates-beautiful-sunsets/
For example this one is out in the mountains and the sunset isn’t nearly as orange or red.
Yeah it's the opposite, the photos never show the true craziness of the real thing . And sunrises are even more intense . I saw some crazy shit on the school bus on the way to school back in the day .
Interesting how orange it is, here in my city in Australia I feel we get really vibrant pink skies.
That means you have less pollution. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-smog-creates-beautiful-sunsets/
Nah, the real difference? Pollution. In general, airborne pollution up high reflects red light and absorbs blue light. Vivid sunrises and sunsets are often found near cities for a reason.
could also be just natural dust, like in germany we sometimes get sahara winds that make for beautiful sunsets
Na, I live here. It just be like this
This happens all over the Southwest, it really depends on patchiness of cloud cover. Amazing sunsets don't care if you're in the parking lot of Wal-Mart or out somewhere with trees.