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I have titled this photograph shared in La Vanguardia Readers’ Photos as Clouds bathed in the sun at dawn, in Igualada, in the Anoia region.
This phenomenon in which the clouds appear drawn by the sun is known as candilazo, which is one of the most striking events that can be seen in the sky both at dawn and at dusk.
The candilazo is a meteorological phenomenon in which the clouds in the sky show a wide palette of colors that ranges from pink to the most intense orange.
As part of the phenomenon of dispersion of sunlight, in the morning and afternoon hours, when the sun is closer to the horizon, the light that reaches the Earth is soft tones between red and orange.
The candilazo is also known as arrebol, which is the red color seen in clouds illuminated by the sun’s rays, especially at dawn and in the evening.
