The sky is orange because of the dust from wildfires in Australia.
The sky has been orange for the past week, and it’s not just your eyes playing tricks on you. There’s a very real reason why the sky is orange, and it’s all to do with the fires raging in Australia. The Australian bushfires are so bad that they have caused a massive dust cloud to form above our skies, which means that when the sun sets, we see an orange glow. And now scientists have revealed that this phenomenon could last for weeks.
Why is the sky orange?
The fires in Australia are so bad that they have sent a huge amount of smoke into our atmosphere. This smoke has been carried across thousands of miles by winds and as soon as it gets here, it becomes trapped by high pressure systems above us.
How long will this last?
According to experts, this could go on for weeks before things start to clear up again.
