(Image: Elevated Eye Photography)
The first sunset after the clocks changed was caught on camera by members of the Hereford Times Camera Club in a series of beautiful photographs.
(Image: Elevated Eye Photography)
Member Elevated Eye Photography, who shared their pictures, said the unplanned pictures had come after they spotted the “sky on fire” while cooking and rushed out with their drone.
(Image: Les Carr)
“Perfect end to a perfect week,” they added.
(Image: Jordon Gregory)
What makes sunsets red?
The Met Office explains that the colours we see in the sky are a result of Rayleigh scattering, with sunlight made of many colours, each with a different wavelength.
(Image: Sara Ayliffe)
“When sunlight enters Earth’s atmosphere, it collides with tiny gas molecules – mainly nitrogen and oxygen,” the Met Office said.
(Image: David Howie)
“These molecules are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light, so they scatter shorter wavelengths much more than longer wavelengths.”
(Image: David Howie)
This effect not only causes us to see the sky as blue, but is also responsible for sunsets.
(Image: Colin Headland)
The Met Office said blue and violet light, which is shorter in wavelength than red and orange, is scattered more than other colours as a result of its wavelength.
(Image: Elevated Eye Photography)
At sunset, the low sun’s light passes through a thicker layer of atmosphere, with blue light scattered further as sunlight passes over a greater distance, and reds and oranges seen instead.