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Scattering of Light

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In the atmosphere which colour of light gets scattered the least?

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Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. While red light scattered the least as its wavelength is large.

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