It might seem like a simple question. But the science behind a blue sky isn't that easy. For starters, it involves something called the Rayleigh effect, or Rayleigh scattering. But that same ...

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If Earth had no atmosphere like the Moon there would be no scattering, and the sky would remain black, even in daylight ...

An effect called Rayleigh Scattering is part of the reason we see only blue, despite it all starting with a rainbow of colors. The Weather Channel Every Color Of The Rainbow.

A total lunar eclipse hasn't happened in years, and won't happen again for a few more, so now's the time to take in the dazzling sight. Here's how.

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Ever wonder why the sky is blue, vs. say red, orange or purple? An effect called Rayleigh Scattering is part of the reason we see only blue, despite it all starting with a rainbow of colors.

Rayleigh Scattering – Shorter wavelengths (blue and violet ... Multiple Scattering Directions – Scattered blue light reaches our eyes from all directions, making the sky appear blue. Sunset and ...

That process is what physicists call scattering. It was around 1870 when the British physicist John William Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, first found an explanation for why the sky is blue: ...

The sky appears blue because the blue portion of sunlight scatters more effectively when it passes through the atmosphere, a phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering, discovered by physicist Lord ...