Can you make a sunset in a cup of milk?

Yes, you can make a sunset in a cup of milk. The same orange and red pattern of colors that you see when the sun goes down can be created in your cup of milk if you set up the situation properly. The physics that makes your cup of milk orange and red is the exact same physics that makes the sky at sunset orange and red. In this sense, you can literally make a sunset in your cup of milk. You don’t even need the sun to do it. PROCESS : This images show a sunset in a cup of milk and the blue sky in a cup of milk. To get these images, all you need is milk diluted to the right amount and a bright, white light bulb held close to the milk. The color patterns in these cups are caused by the exact same physics that causes sunsets and blue skies. The orange color is seen when looking directly at the light bulb through the cup and the blue color is seen when looking at the side of the cup relative to the light bulb. This is just a cup of watery milk. No dyes have been added to this cup.