The sky in Indonesia turns red due to dense haze

The sky of Jambi province in Indonesia over the weekend turned red as the haze from dense forest fires covered.

According to the Indonesian Meteorological, Climate and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), the sky is red due to Mie scattering .

The color of the sky is created by the scattering of sunlight by microscopic particles called aerosols suspended in the air. BMKG said this phenomenon occurs when the diameter of the aerosols is nearly equal to the wavelength of visible sunlight.

Red sky in Jambi province, Indonesia.(Photo: Twitter / @ xakakuyyy).

" Red light has a wavelength of 0.7 micrometers. Based on BMKG data, the density of polluted particles below 10 micrometers is very high in Jambi, Palembang and Pekanbaru but only the sky in Muaro Jambi turns red." , BMKG explained on September 22.

"This means that air pollution is serious when pollutant particles the size of 0.7 micrometers are concentrated."

Muaro Jambi District has an alarming orange-red sky phenomenon. People have taken photos and videos of this rare phenomenon and posted it on social media.

Twitter user Zuni Shofi Yatun Nisa wrote: "This is the afternoon, not the night. This is Earth, not Mars. This is Jambi, not in outer space. We are breathing in the lungs, not the gills. We humans need fresh air, not smoke. "

Another Twitter user Rizal Wahid shared the video with the status line: "This is noon. And hundreds of thousands of human lives are at stake."

Smoke from forest fires in Indonesia has flown to neighboring Southeast Asia in recent weeks. Schools in Malaysia have to close because of unhealthy air quality, while flights are canceled because of poor visibility.

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