Sunset
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2) This is a photo of a sunset taken by Richard F Staples, Jr. and submitted to the “Light: Beyond the Bulb” image collection project by the Chandra X-ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
3) The photo theme is Sunrise/Sunset.
4) The photo depicts a pink and purple sunset, which Staples Jr. explains is a result of the sun’s distance from Earth. Since the sun is at a specific distance, the light is spread out in such a way that the blue and purple wavelengths of the light spectrum are visible. The colors in the image are also pleasingly symmetrical because of the ocean’s reflection of the sunlight.
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