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Updates on the Amazon Data Center in New Carlisle
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Storms end early this evening, cooler weather Saturday
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Summer Activities Expo comes to Century Center Saturday
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The grand opening of the NODE in Niles is set for Saturday, April...
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Showers and storms later today cool Michiana down this weekend
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Latino immigrant presentation took place Thursday evening
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INDOT proposing changing SR 2 and Larrison Blvd. intersection...
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Proposed federal budget could put Real Services funding at risk
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Maddox Nelson
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The Demetrius Dubose Story
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The Link Trail connects downtown South Bend to Notre Dame
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Purdue University’s Boilermaker Special vehicle involved in...
We get lots of pictures sent in from all across Michiana of beautiful sunrises and sunsets throughout the year, but a question we often get as meteorologists is what creates the red-orange color we see at dawn and dusk?
Sunlight always has to pass through our atmosphere, but the time of day affects how easily those rays of light make it to us. When the sun is closer to the horizon, light waves have more atmosphere to pass through than if it were the middle of the day.

The longest waves of visible light are red and orange lights, so those are the colors left over after the light beam’s long journey to us here in Michiana as the sun rises and sets.

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