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This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.

This used to be a featured picture, but it was found by community consensus to be not up to the current standards anymore. If you have an image of higher quality, be sure to upload it, using the proper free license tag, then add it to a relevant article and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day for June 24, 2004, and May 11, 2005.

A red sky occurs primarily at sunrise or sunset, when the sun's rays are passing through the greatest thickness of atmosphere. Morning red skies are a good indicator of coming rain, while evening red skies usually indicate clearing conditions.

Source: English wikipedia, original upload 11 May 2004 by Dwindrim

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