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Why is the sky blue?
It’s a common misconception that the sky is blue because it reflects the blue of the seas and oceans. A lot of myths have also been told about our blue sky😉. That is why Antimony is here for you. To debunk those non relevant ideas.😊
As for the seas reflection it is very wrong.
In fact, it’s the Earth’s atmosphere, and a process known as 'scattering', that causes our skies to be blue.
So what is this scattering.
As white light passes through our atmosphere, tiny air molecules cause it to ‘scatter’.
The scattering caused by these tiny air molecules (known as Rayleigh scattering) increases as the wavelength of light decreases.
Violet and blue light have the shortest wavelengths and red light has the longest.
Therefore, blue light is scattered more than red light and the sky appears blue during the day.
When the Sun is low in the sky during sunrise and sunset, the light has to travel further through the Earth’s atmosphere.
We don’t see the blue light because it gets scattered away, but the red light isn’t scattered very much – so the sky appears red.
Can you now see the main cause o our blue sky. I know u gained value from this. Comment,follow and share our blog.
By: Oshinowo Testimony
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