Ever wonder why the sky is blue, vs. say red, orange or purple? An effect called Rayleigh Scattering is part of the reason we see only blue, despite it all starting with a rainbow of colors.

It might seem like a simple question. But the science behind a blue sky isn't that easy. For starters, it involves something called the Rayleigh effect, or Rayleigh scattering. But that same ...

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T he sky isn't just blue by chance. I t takes all the colors of the rainbow for us to see it that way. I t happens because of something called the Rayleigh effect, or Rayleigh scattering ...