As sunlight passes through the atmosphere, its light becomes scattered by air molecules. Light with shorter wavelengths such as blue is dispersed more widely than other colors such as red. Rayleigh Scattering causes this effect and gives the sky its signature blue hue, particularly nearer the horizon. The Sun Light travels through Earth’s atmosphere before…
Sunlight travels through Earth’s atmosphere where it is redirected by gas molecules and small particles into various directions, with blue wavelengths becoming scattered more readily than others, giving the sky its characteristic color during daylight hours. Sunrise and sunset sunlight must pass through more of the atmosphere, leading to more blue being scattered away and…
Have you ever looked up at a stunning blue sky and wondered why its hue was blue? That isn’t surprising as sky color results from complex interactions among air molecules. Simple explanation: Because oxygen and nitrogen molecules are significantly smaller than light wavelengths, they scatter it more strongly resulting in blue light being scattered more…
Saturn’s rings are one of the most breathtaking sights in our Solar System, yet over cosmic timescale they are rapidly dissolving away. NASA scientists have confirmed in a new research article published in Icarus journal that Saturn’s iconic rings are being pulled into its gravity as an ever-increasing cloud of dusty ice particles, according to…
When sunlight hits the atmosphere it scatters. Blue wavelengths tend to disperse more quickly than any other colour; that’s why the sky looks bluer. At sunrise and sunset, when the Sun is low near the horizon, its light must travel further through the atmosphere before it can reach you. As such, shorter wavelengths such as…
As sunlight passes through the atmosphere, its wavelengths (color) are scattered by air molecules into all directions, with blue wavelengths being scattered more strongly than others – hence why the sky appears bluer. Atmospheric oxygen is provided to us by microbes known as cyanobacteria through photosynthesis; they produce water and carbon dioxide which plants turn…
Why Is The Sky Blue? Our atmosphere scatters light in all directions; air molecules and gases contribute to this scattering process, with blue becoming more often visible due to how light is scattered in this way than any other color. C. V. Raman provides us with this explanation in his excellent book entitled Why Does…
Ask any child what color the sky is and they are likely to say blue – however a clear midday sky doesn’t always appear so hued. As sunlight enters our atmosphere, it passes through gases such as nitrogen and oxygen that scatter light of all colors; blue light being spread far more than violet or…
The sky appears blue due to sunlight being scattered by gases and particles in the atmosphere, with blue wavelengths being scattered more readily than any other. At midday, when the sun is directly overhead, its light appears white. But during sunrise and sunset when more of its rays must travel through atmosphere layers to reach…
