Do you prefer the morning sun or the evening sun?

Both the morning sun and the evening sun, the morning glow and the evening glow, are colored by sunlight, but what differences do you feel between them?

Physically speaking, during the day, sunlight pours down almost vertically, so the atmospheric layer is at its shortest, but in both the morning and evening, the sun is near the horizon, so the sunlight enters at an angle and passes through a longer atmospheric layer than during the day.

Because of this, blue light with a short wavelength is scattered along the way, and the mechanism is such that red light with a long wavelength reaches our eyes.

In the morning, the air is cooled and clear, so it often becomes vivid and sharp colors like orange, yellow, and pink, while
in the evening, there is more dust and water vapor in the air, so it often becomes deep colors like red, blue, dark orange, and purple.

Also, in the morning, you can see animals waking up and starting their activities, such as the chirping of small birds, while
the evening serves as a signal for nocturnal insects to chirp and animals like bats to start their activities instead.

And by bathing in the morning sun, our internal clocks are reset.
Energy wells up as the hormone serotonin is secreted.

In Japan, one of the important rituals of the New Year is to "worship the first sunrise of the year."
This is because in Japanese Shinto, the first sunrise is considered a sacred moment when the Toshigami (New Year deity) appears, so people pray for health and happiness for the year at this time.

The first sunrise of 2025.

As a general image, the morning sun is the "light of beginnings," evoking positive feelings of hope, awakening, and a spreading future, while
the evening sun is the "light of endings," feeling peaceful, lingering, meditative, and sentimental.

A particularly impressive morning sun from recently.

A meditative sunset here.

As the saying goes, "The autumn sky is high and the horses are fat,"
it is said that these are at their most beautiful in autumn because the humidity is low and the air is clear.

I have a feeling that the morning sun is like "bathing in incoming energy," while
the evening sun is like "having my energy sucked away by the receding sun."

It is an image similar to the "Doppler effect," where an ambulance siren sounds high-pitched as it approaches and changes to a low sound as it moves away.

It is said that the hormones secreted by the morning sun make you feel as if positive energy is "coming toward you,"
and the evening sun acts as a signal for the end of activity, activating the parasympathetic nervous system and putting you into rest mode, which is why you feel as if your "energy is being sucked away."

Before my spouse and I were married, our date courses always included a spot with a spectacular view of the sunset.
I guess we were having some of our excess youthful energy taken away.

Now that I have become a morning person, I try to get energy by watching the morning sun.

Do you prefer the morning sun or the evening sun?

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