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I've never been able to get an answer as to why is the sky blue yet the light that reaches the Earth white. I've been told that the Nitrogen in the Earth's atmosphere refracts the white light coming from the sun in a way that makes blue more visible. That's fine, however, what I can't understand, is if somethign up in the atmosphere is making blue more visible, why the light that reaches the Earth's surface is white. The best I can do is guess that there's some super-refraction going on up high in the atmosphere and somehow the refracted wavelengths re-combine with the other wavelengths of light on the trip to Earth's surface, but that's probabally wrong.
Can anyone try to explain this to me?
Thanks alot,
Jacob
Can anyone try to explain this to me?
Thanks alot,
Jacob