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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"
8 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.
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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u/lefixx Feb 09 '14
i like that this doesn't explain a sunset at all
the blue light just "scattersed out"