Editing Alpenglow (section)

[[File:Alpenglow1a.jpg|thumb|top: reflected alpenglow; bottom: direct sunrise alpenglow from Table Mountain to Mount Baker, WA, USA.]]
{{Short description|Reddish glow on the horizon opposite the Sun just after it sets}}
[[File:Alpenglow Explanation.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|Solar ray 1 is the lowest from the Sun{{snd}}the Sun is set. Solar ray 2 is reflected in the (snow) clouds to the observer.]]

'''Alpenglow''' (from {{langx|de|Alpenglühen|lit=Alps glow}}; {{langx|it|[[wikt:enrosadira|enrosadira]]}}) is an [[optical phenomenon]] that appears as a horizontal  reddish [[afterglow|glow]] near the [[horizon]] opposite to the [[Sun]] when the solar disk is just below the horizon.<ref name=LynchLivingston2001>{{cite book |last1=Lynch |first1=David K. |last2=Livingston |first2=William |title=Color and Light in Nature |date=June 2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521775045 |page=41}}</ref>