Why does the sun appear to be yellow even if the light emitted by it is white, even when there is no material like this glass prism between the light ray and our eyes ?
Why does the sun appear to be yellow even if the light emitted by it is white, even when there is no material like this glass prism between the light ray and our eyes ?
Color of Sunlight as seen on Earth's surface during day is yellow due to Rayleigh Scattering.
Our Sun is actually white (mixture of all wavelengths of visible spectrum) if we see it from outer space or high-altitude airplanes. Our atmosphere scatters shorter to bigger wavelengths color from sunlight when the white light travels through it. During day, it scatters violet and blue colors leaving yellowish sunlight (the reason why sky is blue and sunlight is yellow). During morning and evening, the sun appears reddish because light rays needs to travel longer distance in atmosphere which causes scattering of yellow light too.
Color of Sunlight as seen on Earth's surface during day is yellow due to Rayleigh Scattering.
Our Sun is actually white (mixture of all wavelengths of visible spectrum) if we see it from outer space or high-altitude airplanes. Our atmosphere scatters shorter to bigger wavelengths color from sunlight when the white light travels through it. During day, it scatters violet and blue colors leaving yellowish sunlight (the reason why sky is blue and sunlight is yellow). During morning and evening, the sun appears reddish because light rays needs to travel longer distance in atmosphere which causes scattering of yellow light too.
