Visible light travels in electromagnetic waves, which we see as the colors of the rainbow. Different colors have different wavelengths of light. Violet and blue have the shortest wavelengths, whereas ...

The blue color of the daytime sky results from Rayleigh scattering, where atmospheric atoms and molecules preferentially scatter the blue wavelengths of sunlight more than red, rather than being the ...

The sky appears blue due to sunlight scattering in Earth's atmosphere. While sunlight contains all colors, blue light disperses most effectively, illuminating the sky. Although violet scatters more, ...

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