Why does everything feel more intense at dusk?

The buildings are made from pisé, tadelakt, and sandstone containing iron oxides. They glow red and orange when the sun drops below thirty degrees above the horizon. The same walls that look beige at noon become luminous at 6pm.

Desert climates lose heat rapidly once direct sun stops. A twenty-degree swing between 3pm and 9pm is normal. Relief after sustained heat stress produces a heightened sensory state.

Dusk is when the streets fill, the food stalls light up, and the square transforms from a hot empty plaza into smoke, music, grilling meat, and drumming.