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Why the sky looks light blue from the earth? In reality it is so dark.

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Reason for the blue color of sky is the scattering phenomenon.Sunlight contains rainbow colors in which blue color is scattered most.This is the reason for the blue appearance of sky.Sunlight is collide with the atmospheric particles and decomposes into different colors.

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