What Makes Florida's Sunrises and Sunsets So Vibrant?

Florida, in particular, has been seeing some gorgeous skies this winter, and they aren’t just coming out of the blue.

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Marc Austin, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Ruskin, Florida, listed two key reasons for the radiant skies: humidity and cloud placement.

"In the summer, there's a lot of humidity and water vapor in the air, but with the cold fronts and the drier air we've been having, that's what makes the difference," Austin told the Tampa Bay Times.

"Because we have cleaner air that generally has less moisture in it (during the winter), it allows that (light) to come through."

The light is then refracted by the water droplets in the clouds, creating the awesome streaks we see.

Clouds higher in the atmosphere tend to catch colors with lower wavelengths and lately, their positioning has been just right.

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