Amazing sunset!

A couple of nights ago, we walked by our new-to-us unit and ended up chatting with one of our soon-to-be-new neighbors for a bit. When we headed back to Gracie, the sky was so brilliant!

Looking west down Navajo (our new place is on the left with the two palm trees in front).

Looking east, pastel oranges and pinks and purples in the clouds that way too!

The colors were changing by the second!

When we got back to Douglas (our current street), we had a brilliant view too!

We were talking about what makes desert sunsets so beautiful -- I found an article (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-are-desert-sunsets-so-colorful) -- a couple of excerpts:

When we are in cities plagued by pollution, the boundary layer of air that separates land from sky is cluttered with little particles. “You’re seeing the sunset through a screen of particles and pollution [in a city]… so it doesn’t seem that stunning,” Corfidi says. In a more pristine environment such as a desert, the boundary layer is less interrupted by these particles, so the vividness of a sunset is more apparent.

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In environments with more water vapor in the air, this results in sunsets that are more watered down, or pastel-colored. But in the desert, drier air means more vivid color wavelengths are able to shine through.

So, clean, dry air is the secret -- I guess the reason we didn't see stunning sunsets on our cruise was due to the water vapor in the air.  We're just glad that we get to experience the beautiful sunsets here!