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    Why Is The Sky Blue

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    The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter blue wavelengths of sunlight more than longer wavelengths. At dawn and dusk, sunlight travels through more of the atmosphere, filtering out the blue wavelengths and allowing reds and oranges to dominate the sky. The human eye is also more sensitive to blue light than violet light.

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    Why Is The Sky Blue

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    The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter blue wavelengths of sunlight more than longer wavelengths. At dawn and dusk, sunlight travels through more of the atmosphere, filtering out the blue wavelengths and allowing reds and oranges to dominate the sky. The human eye is also more sensitive to blue light than violet light.

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    The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter blue wavelengths of sunlight more than longer wavelengths. At dawn and dusk, sunlight travels through more of the atmosphere, filtering out the blue wavelengths and allowing reds and oranges to dominate the sky. The human eye is also more sensitive to blue light than violet light.

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    The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter blue wavelengths of sunlight more than longer wavelengths. At dawn and dusk, sunlight travels through more of the atmosphere, filtering out the blue wavelengths and allowing reds and oranges to dominate the sky. The human eye is also more sensitive to blue light than violet light.

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    Why Is the Sky Blue?

    When the sun is high overhead, the bulk of its rays intercept the atmosphere at
    nearly vertical angles. Shorter wavelengths of light, such as violet and blue, are
    more easily absorbed by air molecules than light from longer wavelengths (that
    is, from red, orange, and yellow bands in the spectrum). Air molecules then
    radiate violet and blue light in different directions, saturating the sky. However,
    the midday sky appears blue, rather than a combination of blue and violet,
    because our eyes are more sensitive to blue light than to violet light.

    When the sun is near the horizon at dawn , the sun’s rays strike the
    atmosphere at more-oblique angles, and thus these rays must travel a greater
    distance through the atmosphere than they would at midday. As a result, there
    are more nitrogen and oxygen molecules and other particles that can block and
    scatter incoming sunlight. During this long passage, incoming radiation in the
    shorter blue and violet wavelengths is mostly filtered out, and the influence of
    these wavelengths over the color of the sky diminishes. What remains are the
    longer wavelengths, and some of these rays strike dust and other particles near
    the horizon, as well as the water droplets that make up clouds, to create the
    red, orange, and yellow tints we enjoy at sunrise and sunset.

    Bulk: the mass or size of something


    Wavelengths: the distance between two successive crests or troughs of a wave
    Dust: dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste
    Spectrum: a band of colours, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of
    the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according
    to wavelength.

    Encyclopedia Britannica: the oldest continuously published encyclopedia in the


    world. Its located in the Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building in Chicago

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