🏙️ Why is the sky blue?
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Summary: An in-depth answer to the age-old question.
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Erik Kennedy goes into incredible detail to explain exactly why the sky appears blue.
But...
As you saw above, violet scatters more than blue. So why isn’t the sky purple? The dumb but true answer is: our eyes are just worse at seeing violet. It’s the very highest frequency of light we can see; it’s riiight on the edge of our perception.
But! – if we could see violet as well as blue, the sky would appear violet.
I like violet!