Air scatters short wavelengths of visible light more strongly than long ones.

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Air scatters short wavelengths of visible light more strongly than long ones.

A clear daytime sky looks blue largely because air molecules scatter shorter visible wavelengths more strongly than longer ones. The light reaching your eyes from the sky has been redirected out of the Sun's beam.

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