• Question: why is the sky blue?

    Asked by Coley to Shannon, Katherine on 17 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Katherine Benson

      Katherine Benson answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in the 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.

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