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Anonymous Tue Nov 6 12:39:25 2012 No.5230463 [Reply] [Original]

I was wondering, does anybody from /sci/ know why the sky has the color blue?

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 6 12:43:55 2012 No.5230468 File: 611 KB, 181x119, 1324849472696.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] EAT SHIT AND DIE.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 6 12:45:09 2012 No.5230470 >>5230463 Scattering. Atmo scatters blue light to eye -> sky is blue At sunset, light travels through more atmo, so more blue gets scattered and less makes it to your eye, so sunset is reddened

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 6 12:48:09 2012 No.5230475 google image search rayleigh scattering

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 6 12:49:09 2012 No.5230479 I believe the exact thing for it is 1/lambda^3 Does anyone else fucking love optics?

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 6 12:49:39 2012 No.5230477 File: 21 KB, 347x447, two-thumbs-up.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Thanks dude