Question

Why does the sun appear reddish early in the morning ? Will this phenomenon be observed by an observe on the moon ? Justify your answer with a reason.

Answer 1

in the morning Sun is at the origin sunlight has to travel a long distance from the thick layer of air the colloidal particles in the sky like molecule of the air scketeraway color of shoter wave blue.

Answer 2

Hello Dear,

◆ Answer with explaination -

• Rayleigh scattering is the scattering of light by particles in a medium, without change in wavelength.
• Early in the morning during sunrise light rays from sun travel a larger part of atmospherre.
• During this particles in atmosphere scatter most of light rays, except red light which has maximum wavelngth.
• As most of the light rays reaching us are red, sun appears red during sunrise/sunset.
• Moon doesn't have atmosphere in order to scatter light, hence Rayleigh scattering won't be observed on the moon.

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