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Why is the Sky Blue?
Spectroscopy
  • James A. Locke, Cleveland State University
  • David W. Ball, Cleveland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2013
Disciplines
Abstract

The article discusses the important of Rayleigh scattering to understand celestial problems. It mentions that the scattering technique explains why the sky appears to be color blue. According to the author, the blue light in the visible portion of the molecular spectrum is scattered more than the other colors in the spectrum.

Citation Information
James A. Locke and David W. Ball. "Why is the Sky Blue?" Spectroscopy Vol. 28 Iss. 4 (2013) p. 12 - 17
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_lock/101/