Question

Why is the colour of the sky blue? Can someone please elaborate? I didn't understand the NCERT explanation in the textbook....

Answer 1

A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orangecolours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight.

Answer 2

Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.Hope it helps.