Red Sky at Night

"Red sky in morning
Sailor take warning
Red sky at night
Sailor's delight"
--old nautical proverb

I never really understood this except that the "red sky" often heralded storms and if they were in the morning sky (east) that means they were headed your way (from a Eurocentric west facing mariner's view) and if seen at night the storm was past as it was in the west.

This was not taken near the water but perhaps someone influenced by the fires far away. Still the ominous shade doesn't portend anyone's "delight"

[Dawn]

A cool image , I was taught red sky in morning shepards warning redsky at night shepards delight .

[katy]

It is a beautiful photo but I wondered if it had anythng to do with the wildfires. I agree with you it does not look like a good thing

[Jay Butterfield]

@grammyn possibly although the big fires are 400 miles north of us so no impact here. However there are always fires in SoCal somewhere!!

[katy]

@jaybutterfield I can't imagine having to deal with that

[Kathy A]

My parents used to say the same saying except it was shepherd rather than sailor.

[Jay Butterfield]

@kjarn @Dawn I guess they say it different Down Under

[Dawn]

@jaybutterfield I guess they do lol

[Walks @ 7]

Looks very ominous on black. Hope that the fires are contained soon.