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Which element in your atmosphere causes scatter of light?
nitrogen
Why is the moon dark?
The Moon has no atmosphere to scatter light.
Why is the moon red?
The moon appears red during a lunar eclipse. When the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun, it cuts off the Moon's light supply. When sunlight enters the Earth's atmosphere, the colors in the sunlight scatter. During a lunar eclipse, the red and orange light from the sun gets refracted through Earth's atmosphere to the moon which makes the moon look red. This phenomenon is called Rayleigh Scattering.
What does the atmosphere on earth look like?
our atmosphere scatters blue light.
What objects scatter light?
Any small slit will scatter light. Especially blue light.
How do visible light and infrared energy warm earth?
The Earth and atmosphere absorb the visible and infrared energy and this warms the earth.
Which element in your atmosphere causes scatter of light?
nitrogen
Why are objects visible?
Because they still absorb and scatter some light.
Why tranparent objects are visible?
Because they still absorb and scatter some light.
If the sun gives light in the earth Why is it dark outside the earth?
Space is mostly empty, and there's very little matter out there to reflect or scatter sunlight. On Earth, when sunlight passes through our atmosphere, it scatters off molecules and particles, making the sky blue during the day. But in space, there's hardly anything to scatter the light.
If you just click a flashlight on and off once do photons decay or travel indefinitly?
The light leaving a flashlight when it is turned on and then off will tend to move in a straight line. The problem is that there is air that the light will have to move through. The air will scatter or even absorb the photons. Eventually all the photons will be scattered and absorbed. If the experiment was conducted in outer space, the photons would travel a great distance as there is little in the way of particles to scatter the photons. Here on earth, the atmosphere would absorb the energy as there is relatively little of it released from the flashlight.
What gases in the atmosphere absorb infrared radiation and Which gases absorb ultraviolet?
Some of the gases found in our atmosphere which absorb infrared light are: carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor. Gases found in our atmosphere which absorb ultraviolet light are ozone (O3) and oxygen gas (O2).
Why does the sky turn black after a nuclear explosion?
It might be because of dust in the atmosphere elevated by the explosion. Particles of dust absorb and scatter visible light very well. And the sky turn to black because there is on light coming through dust clouds.
What type of light is scattered the most in your atmosphere?
Here on earth it is violet wavelengths that scatter the most, however the earth's sun emits more blue light than violet so blue wavelengths are scattered more frequently than violet wavelengths.
what doesnt settle or scatter light?
Substances that do not settle or scatter light are typically transparent or translucent materials. These materials allow light to pass through them with minimal interference. Examples of such materials include clear glass, air, and water. When light passes through these substances, it does not scatter or settle; instead, it continues in a relatively straight path. This is in contrast to opaque materials, which absorb or reflect light, causing it to scatter or settle.
What is the name of the layer of the earth's atmosphere that absorb s the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the sun?
The ozone layer it is made up of O3
Why do sky appears red during sun set?
This is because the light is travelling horizontally through the atmosphere, so we see it through a longer distance of air. The atmosphere and the dust it contains tend to scatter and absorb light at the blue end of the spectrum, leaving more red. This is why volcanic eruptions can cause even redder sunsets globally.
