Southport, Merseyside, UK. 29th December, 2019. Rayleigh scattering; The sky turned blood red this morning as the sun rose over Merseyside. People walking on the pier enjoy Intense fiery winter red and orange skies at dawn as sun rises in Southport, Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise to signify the changing sky and was originally known to help prepare for the next day's weather. Credit: MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews.

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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. Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and was originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather

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