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Why colour of sky appear blue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯​

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Step-by-step explanation:

During the day the sky looks blue because it's the blue light that gets scattered the most. It's redirected into many different directions all over the sky, whereas the other wavelengths aren't scattered as much. Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time. White light is composed of seven light and among them, blue light scatters the most as the wavelength of the blue light is comparable to the size of particles in the atmosphere. So, the sky appears blue. Hence, the sky appears blue because the fine particles in the atmosphere scatter light of shorter wavelengths! :D

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The Short Answer: Gases and particles in Earth's atmosphere scatter sunlight in all directions. Blue light is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time
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