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What do you mean by scattering of light? Write its use in daily life?

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Scattering of light is the phenomenon in which light rays get deviated from its straight path on striking obstacles like dust or gas molecules, water vapours etc. Scattering of light gives rise to many spectacular phenomena such as Tyndall effect, and the red views of sunrise and sunset.

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