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The sky appears blue because some of the blue components of sunlight are scattered by:

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Important Questions on The Human Eye and The Colourful World

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Sunset is red because at that time the light coming from the sun has to travel ______
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In an experiment to study the scattering of light by passing a beam of white light through a colloidal solution of Sulphur in a transparent glass tank:

Which colour is observed from the front of the glass tank? Does this colour correspond to the colour of the sky on a clear day or the colour of the sky around the sun at sunset?

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In an experiment to study the scattering of light by passing a beam of white light through a colloidal solution of Sulphur in a transparent glass tank:

Which colour is observed from the sides of the glass tank? Does this colour correspond to the colour of the sky on a clear day or the colour of the sky around the sun at sunset?

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Explain why, when the sun is overhead at noon, it appears white, but when the same sun is near the horizon at sunset, it appears red.