Explain Rayleigh scattering and sky color.
The blue hue of the sky arises from the phenomenon of light scattering. When sunlight, which comprises all colors of the spectrum, enters the Earth's atmosphere, it encounters tiny particles, primarily molecules of nitrogen and oxygen. These particles are much smaller than the wavelengths of visible light. Shorter wavelengths, such as blue and violet, are scattered more effectively than longer wavelengths, like red and orange. This preferential scattering of blue light in all directions across the sky is what we perceive as its color. My work mathematically described this process.
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