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Human Eye and Colourful World — Science STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceHuman Eye and Colourful World2 Marks
Question
Why does the Sun appear reddish early in the morning?
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Answer

During sunrise, the light rays coming from the Sun have to travel a greater distance in the earth's atmosphere before reaching our eyes. In this journey, the shorter wavelengths of lights are scattered out and only longer wavelengths are able to reach our eyes. Since blue colour has a shorter wavelength and red colour has a longer wavelength, the red colour is able to reach our eyes after the atmospheric scattering of light. Therefore, the Sun appears reddish early the morning.

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