The blue color of the sky happens because of a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. When sunlight, which is a mix of many colors, enters Earth's atmosphere, tiny particles like molecules and dust scatter the sunlight. However, they scatter shorter wavelengths of light, like blue and violet, much more than longer wavelengths like red and yellow. Our eyes are more sensitive to blue light, so we see the scattered blue light coming from all directions in the sky. This gives us the impression of a

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