Understanding Rayleigh Scattering: Why is the Sky Blue?

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The sky appears blue because of a phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering.
Sunlight contains all the colors of the spectrum, but blue light has a shorter wavelength and is scattered more than other colors as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.



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