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Why is the Sky Blue?

The Sky always appear in Blue color even though we have a variety of other colors- do you know why?

It's because Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. 

This is why we see blue sky most of the time.


An YouTube link to understand better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0996ts017U

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