The sun appears reddish in colour during sunrise or sunset. It is said that red colour is least scattered and blue is most scattered when the sun is located near horizon ,My question is how do least scatter reach individual? or hw do they able to see? Why don't most scattered colour reach our eyes?

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Dear Student,

This is because during sunrise and sunset the sun is near horizon and hence light has to cover maximum distance to reach our eyes due to which all the other colours except red light gets scattered in atmosphere and hence only red light reaches our eyes and gives us the sensation that sun is red.

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