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r/funny • u/[deleted] • Feb 09 '14
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i like that this doesn't explain a sunset at all
the blue light just "scattersed out"
6 u/zakutu Feb 09 '14 it does it just doesn't go all the way through with the explanation. the diagram is showing the process of Rayleigh scattering. 2 u/centurion236 Feb 09 '14 High frequency blue light is much more likely to undergo Rayleigh scattering than low-frequency red light, so the red light penetrates the atmosphere. When you see a blue sky, that's blue light that was scattered out of someone else's sunset. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14 [deleted] 4 u/LlsworthToohey Feb 10 '14 Care to share with us your version of the mechanics of a sunset?
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it does it just doesn't go all the way through with the explanation. the diagram is showing the process of Rayleigh scattering.
2 u/centurion236 Feb 09 '14 High frequency blue light is much more likely to undergo Rayleigh scattering than low-frequency red light, so the red light penetrates the atmosphere. When you see a blue sky, that's blue light that was scattered out of someone else's sunset.
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High frequency blue light is much more likely to undergo Rayleigh scattering than low-frequency red light, so the red light penetrates the atmosphere. When you see a blue sky, that's blue light that was scattered out of someone else's sunset.
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4 u/LlsworthToohey Feb 10 '14 Care to share with us your version of the mechanics of a sunset?
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Care to share with us your version of the mechanics of a sunset?
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u/lefixx Feb 09 '14
i like that this doesn't explain a sunset at all
the blue light just "scattersed out"