The phenomenon responsible for the blue color of the sky is Rayleigh scattering. Sunlight, which contains all colors of the visible spectrum, enters the Earth's atmosphere. The gas molecules and tiny particles in the atmosphere scatter the shorter wavelengths of light (like blue and violet) more effectively than longer wavelengths (like red and orange). Since our eyes are more sensitive to blue than violet, we perceive the sky as blue.
Blueness of sky is due to which one of the following processes ?
Asked in Assistant Conservator of Forest 2025 · Topic: Optics (Prisms and Dispersion)
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