The sun was red

[heath7]

Any shadetree meteorologists in here?<br><br>Early this evening, around 5 pm, the sun was still well up in the sky, not even close to setting, and it was this unbelievable red color, and you could look right at it. There were no clouds either! I've never noticed it that way before. It was pretty cool, but I'm totally stumped how it could look so red, so high up in the sky. It was at least a third of the way up to high noon. By the time it set it was a <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>bright</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> orange; I couldn't look straight at it as it went over the horizon. <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

moon over RI at about 10 pm was orange..about 4/5 ths moon ..the full moon sometimes brings good surf..plus we have lots of hazy humidity.. <p></p><i></i>

[DrDebugDU]

If the sun is red, it means that there is a huge amount of dust in the atmosphere. Normally you would only notice it near sunset, but sometimes when the atmosphere is very dusty it'll turn red before sunset.<br><br>dbase mentions the hazy humidity. It could play a role as well. <p></p><i></i>

[sussurus2]

Did you really want to talk about the weather, or were you just making conversation?<br><br>Do you ever have Deja Vu?<br><br>I don't know, but I could check with the kitchen...<br><br>Sorry, Groundhog Day refs...<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :p --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif ALT=":p"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>