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The Earth's atmosphere is primarily made of Oxygen and Nitrogen. It happens that both these are made up of atoms of about the same size. It also turns out to be true that EVERYTHING has lots of empty space between and around the atoms that it is made
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White light contains light of every color. Blue light has the smallest wavelength and therefore is reflected most. This is rather like small ripples on a pond reflecting back from the floating body of a duck, whilst larger swells do not reflect back.
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Why is the sky blue?The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of(MORE)
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Blue has the shortest wavelength, and reaches the human eye, versus all other colors present in the sky. ChaCha on.
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As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange MORE
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Wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air. However, much of the (More)
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