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The common phrase "red sky at morning" is a line from an ancient rhyme often repeated with variants by mariners [1] ... Red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning.
Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning. (In a common variation, "shepherd" is replaced by "sailor") A red sky – in the morning or evening – is a result of high pressure air in the atmosphere trapping particles of dust or soot. Air molecules scatter the shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight, but particles of dust, soot and other aerosols ...
Sailors are taught if the sunrise is red to take warning. The day ahead will be dangerous. "Red Sky at night, Sailors delight; Red Sky in the morning, Sailor's take warning." It may also be said as; "Red at morning, Sailors warning; Red at night, Sailors delight," or "Red sky at night, Sailor's delight; Red sky at morn, Sailor be warned."
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning; Respect is not given, it is earned. Revenge is a dish best served cold; Revenge is sweet; Rome was not built in one day; Right or wrong, my country; Risk it for a biscuit. [24] Rules were made to be broken.
The colors chosen for the lights reflect also the night/morning sky and for some the saying " Red sky at night, shepherds delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning" in this case substituting "shepherds" for "sailors", associating this relationship of sailors utilizing the sky as a way of navigation while entering the Pacific region.
Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning; Revenge is a dish best served cold; Revenge is sweet; Rome wasn't built in a day; S.
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Elizabeth Laird wrote Red Sky in the Morning because of her little brother Alistair. Laird says in the preface: "There is one exception to my usual rule. The character of Ben in this book is my brother Alistair." The other characters, Anna, Katy, Anna's school friends and her Mum and Dad, are fictional.