Wikipedia tells us that the sky is blue because air scatters short-wavelength light more than longer wavelengths.
The sunlit sky is blue because air scatters short-wavelength light more than longer wavelengths. Since blue light is at the short wavelength
Wikipedia tells us that the sky is blue because air scatters short-wavelength light more than longer wavelengths.
The sunlit sky is blue because air scatters short-wavelength light more than longer wavelengths. Since blue light is at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum, it is more strongly scattered in the atmosphere than long wavelength red light. The result is that the human eye perceives blue when looking toward parts of the sky other than the sun.
Evidently, Wikipedia has forgotten that Indigo and Violet have shorter wavelengths that blue light.
Evidently, Wikipedia has also forgotten that Indigo and Violet are in the visible spectrum.
Therefore, if there was any validity in the mainstream hypothesis then the sky should be Violet in colour because Violet has the shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum.
Wikipedia also informs us that we see blue when we look towards the heavens [except when we look directly at the Sun].
The result is that the human eye perceives blue when looking toward parts of the sky other than the sun.
Evidently, Wikipedia has forgotten we can see white clouds in the sky without a hint of a blue tint.
Evidently, Wikipedia has never wondered where all the blue comes from in the spectrum of direct sunlight if the blue light is scattered [in all directions] more than any other colour.
Wikipedia finally tells us that sunrises and sunsets are red because too much blue and green light has been scattered by the atmosphere.
Near sunrise and sunset, most of the light we see comes in nearly tangent to the Earth’s surface, so that the light’s path through the atmosphere is so long that much of the blue and even green light is scattered out, leaving the sun rays and the clouds it illuminates red.
We have already recognised that Wikipedia has a mental block regarding Indigo and Violet so perhaps we will let that pass this time. We should also recognise that when Wikipedia says Red they really mean Red, Orange and Yellow. However, we must also recognise that the Wikipedia folks don’t get out much as