What caused Sunday's gorgeous sunset?

Did you catch Sunday's gorgeous purple-looking sunset? Thousands of Eyewitness News viewers were captivated by it, and shared their photos from across the Tri-State Area on Instagram.

So what caused the sky to turn a purple-pink hue? Meteorologist Jeff Smith says it was all because of the clouds. The deck of mid and high-level clouds were associated with a storm getting rainfall over Eastern Long Island. While it was not raining in New York City, the storm created a situation with the light from the sun. When the sun was going down, the light reflected off the clouds, and made for the gorgeous looking sunset that you saw.

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