Red Sky in the Morning

Art is always on the lookout for opportunities to take photos of a beautiful sky. I got the following explanation from Wikipedia.

Red sky at night, sailors' delight.

Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.

The rhyme is a rule of thumb used for weather forecasting during the past two millennia. It is based on the reddish glow of the morning or evening sky, caused by haze or clouds related to storms in the region. If the morning skies are red, it is because clear skies over the horizon to the east permit the sun to light the undersides of moisture-bearing clouds. The saying assumes that more such clouds are coming in from the west. Conversely, in order to see red clouds in the evening, sunlight must have a clear path from the west, so therefore the prevailing westerly wind must be bringing clear skies.

Art took this photo one morning a few weeks ago. Therefore, if we went by the rule of thumb from that rhyme, it should have rained. It didn't and mom was happily able to hang her laundry out on the clothesline. 

It wasn't vog either since the volcano has stopped it's lava flow for a while. I guess we can sometimes just appreciate the beautiful skies without overthinking it.

Have a wonderful week, everybody.

POSTSCRIPT:

And here's an afternoon sky Art just sent me.