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        "msgid": "why-jakartas-sky-turned-pink-yesterday-afternoon-was-pollution-involved-1793181219",
        "date": "2026-10-28 15:32:28",
        "title": "Why Jakarta\u2019s Sky Turned Pink Yesterday Afternoon: Was Pollution Involved?",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "BMKG says the pink sky seen over Jakarta on 27 October was caused by sunlight scattering and refraction near sunset, rather than an extreme rise in pollution. PM2.5 readings at its Kemayoran station were between 30 and 39 \u00b5g\/m\u00b3, a moderate level, and lower than in the morning.",
        "content": "<p>A photograph showing Jakarta\u2019s sky turning pink on Tuesday afternoon\n(27 October) went viral. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics\nAgency (BMKG) said the phenomenon was caused by the refraction and\nscattering of light.<\/p>\n<p>Marjuki, director of applied climate services at BMKG, said it\noccurred shortly before sunset. With the sun low in the sky, its rays\nhad to travel much farther through the atmosphere before reaching the\neye.<\/p>\n<p>Short-wavelength blue light was scattered earlier, leaving the\nlonger-wavelength red and orange light. At the same time, high humidity\nand a layer of fine particles in the atmosphere acted like a giant\nreflective screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis layer in the upper atmosphere scatters red and orange light in\nall directions. When the red glow combines with the remaining refracted\nblue light in the upper sky, the spectrum perceived by the eye appears\nas a gradient from pink to purple,\u201d Marjuki said in a statement on\nWednesday (28 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>BMKG said Jakarta\u2019s air quality remained under control. The agency\nsaid the colour of the sky at a particular altitude could not be used as\na direct measure of the quality of the air people breathe at ground\nlevel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on BMKG monitoring data for PM2.5 particulate concentrations\nat Kemayoran Station during the phenomenon, readings ranged from 30 to\n39 \u00b5g\/m\u00b3, which is classified as moderate,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese measurements were relatively stable and were even lower than\nconcentrations recorded in the morning. This confirms that the pink glow\nwas purely the result of optical interactions in the upper atmosphere,\nand was not caused by an extreme rise in pollution at ground level,\u201d it\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The public was urged to continue their normal activities and not be\nalarmed by worrying reports.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/why-jakartas-sky-turned-pink-yesterday-afternoon-was-pollution-involved-1793181219",
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