Why does the sun appear reddish early in the morning ?
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During sunrise, the light rays coming from the Sun have to travel a greater distance in the earth's atmosphere before reaching our eyes. In this journey, the shorter wavelengths of lights are scattered out and only longer wavelengths are able to reach our eyes. ... Therefore, the Sun appears reddish early in the morning.
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During sunrise, the light rays coming from the Sun have to travel a greater distance in the earth's atmosphere before reaching our eyes. In this journey, the shorter wavelengths of lights are scattered out and only longer wavelengths are able to reach our eyes. ... Therefore, the Sun appears reddish early in the morning.
In early morning, the sun is at the farthest distance from earth surface. When the white light from passes through the earth's atmosphere, light with smaller wavelength (blue) gets scattered from the dust particles in the atmosphere and only red light reaches the human eye lens. Thus the sun appears red in early morning.
In early morning, the sun is at the farthest distance from earth surface. When the white light from passes through the earth's atmosphere, light with smaller wavelength (blue) gets scattered from the dust particles in the atmosphere and only red light reaches the human eye lens. Thus the sun appears red in early morning.This phenomenon cannot be seen by an astronaut on the moon because there is no atmosphere on moon to scatter the light.
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