The sky appears red at sunrise and sunset. Because the red light scatters less and enter our eyes.
(a) Draw a neat and labelled diagram of the experimental set up for observing the scattering of light in a colloidal solution of sulphur to show how the sky appears blue, and the sun appears red at sunrise and sunset. (b) Out of blue light and red light, which one is scattered more easily ? (c) Which component of sunlight is scattered away when the sun appears red at sunrise or sunset ? (d) What causes the scattering of blue component of sunlight in the atmosphere ?
Sun appears red at sunrise and sunset. This happens because the component of light having _________, gets scattered away.
The sky appears blue and red (during sunrise and sunset). It is due to the scattering of light by the
Sun and sky appear to be red during sunset and sunrise because