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Why is the Sky Blue?

James A. Locke, James A. Lock

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Abstract

The article discusses the important of Rayleigh scattering to understand celestial problems. It mentions that the scattering technique explains why the sky appears to be color blue. According to the author, the blue light in the visible portion of the molecular spectrum is scattered more than the other colors in the spectrum.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalSpectroscopy
Volume28
StatePublished - Apr 1 2013

Keywords

  • RAYLEIGH scattering
  • MOLECULAR spectroscopy
  • SPECTRUM analysis
  • CELESTIAL sphere
  • BLUE light

Disciplines

  • Physical Chemistry

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