Golden Hour

My sister and I are total nerds about Golden Hour. It is by far one of the most beautiful times of day and only lasts a short period of time. Please do not judge me for my super dorky selfie. Whenever I happen to be out and about during this time of day and notice myself to be particularly golden, I send a picture like this one to my sister and say "Look it's golden hour!" I am particularly obsessed with this time of day not only because of its beauty, but also because of how drastically the light from the sun changes color throughout the day. I know it has something to do with the atmosphere and where the sun is on the horizon, but really, how is it so golden? It is like a giant gel was put in front of the sun. (Hmm the atmosphere?) What I also find interesting is how despite the golden tint, this is still white light and can still be broken up into all the colors of the spectrum if it was shown through my prism I talked about in my first post. Crazy! (Also this picture is quite a nice example of a side angle lighting position! The sun is also a shadow designer. He's so cool.)