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Synopsys: A Gentle Intro to Optical Design: Why Is the Sky Blue?

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Discusses Rayleigh scattering in plain language and attributes the blueness of the skies to this phenomenon. Discussion of scattering is just one topic of many on this lengthy page of optical topics.

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Concepts

diffraction, light, rainbows, refraction, sunset, visible light, waves

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blue sky, red sunset, scattering, sunsets, roygbiv, rayleigh, rayleigh scattering, blue skies, light wave, rainbow, red sunsets, reflection, skylight

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Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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