Dramatic sunsets which have draped vivid warm colours over Irish skies in recent evenings are set to continue, forecasters are predicting. So why are the sunsets and sunrises so dramatic at the moment. Photograph: Niall BradyThe country is enjoying a couple of relatively settled days and this dry, calm, still weather “scatters the light” molecules in a different way and also the changing directions of light rays, she said. “On Friday there were quite spectacular sunrises and and particularly sunsets around the country,” said Ms Ryan. “Eastern and southern counties and maybe inland could expect some fairly spectacular sunrises and sunsets to come,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times March 21, 2020 16:20 UTC