Thursday, August 16, 2007
SSS-Cool Time: Why is the Sky Blue?
Individual gas molecules in the atmosphere scatter the shortest wavelengths of visible light which is blue. This scattering, called Raleigh Scattering, disperses radiation backward and forward. Because blue light is among the shortest visible wavelengths it is most readily scattered.
Labels:
atmosphere,
blue,
light,
Raleigh Scattering,
Sky,
visible wavelenghts
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