As sunlight passes through the atmosphere it gets refracted or scattered by air molecules; light nearer the blue end of the spectrum tends to get scattered more than other colors, giving a blue hue to the sky. At sunrise and sunset, light traveling through longer distances in the atmosphere becomes less scattered, allowing more red […]
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As sunlight passes through our atmosphere, its energy becomes scattered in various directions. Shorter wavelength light waves such as blue tend to disperse more widely than their red counterparts. John Tyndall and later Lord Rayleigh helped reveal why the sky appears blue. What is the colour of the sky? Rayleigh scattering is responsible for creating
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Have you noticed how the sky is an endless sea of blue? Closer to the sun, its hue becomes lighter while moving further from it. Light travelling through Earth’s atmosphere collides with molecules and particles such as oxygen and nitrogen, scattering light in various directions. Shorter wavelengths like blue are scattered more than longer ones
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As sunlight enters Earth’s atmosphere, it interacts with dust particles, water droplets and gas molecules in its path to scatter all colours of light – though blue light tends to be dispersed more widely due to having shorter wavelengths; thus creating the characteristic blue hue we associate with skies. Learn about sky-blue such as its
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As soon as sunlight hits our atmosphere, its rays scatter, creating what is known as Rayleigh scattering, named for 19th century physicist Lord Rayleigh. Shorter wavelength light such as blue and violet scatters more than long wavelength light; hence why our sky appears bluer. This phenomenon was named for Lord Rayleigh’s 19th century experiment on
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Quora does not moderate any questions asked to it, unlike Wikipedia where volunteers continually proof and correct articles in order to create a reliable information source. Quora simply lacks this feature. Unfairly placing value on questions at the expense of answer authors who spend hours crafting detailed replies would be silly. Quora should devise a
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Have you ever found yourself looking up on a sunny day and wondering why the sky appears blue? Turns out there’s an excellent explanation! The color of the sky is determined by how sunlight interacts with our atmosphere. Sunlight passes through air molecules, scattering in all directions with blue hues being more heavily dispersed than
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Heath McKenzie brings brilliant fun and entertainment to the science of light and colour, starting with his audience-pleasing WHY? question. His illustrations and humor will surely become firm favorites among children of all ages. Sky BLUE took an early advantage, when Kerr sent a pass to Raquel Rodriguez who deftly maneuvered past two Portland defenders
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