In what process sky colors (including blue sky and red sun) are created?

iridescence
Rayleigh scattering
mirage
atmospheric refraction
Rayleigh scattering, named after the British physicist Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt), is an elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.
Ninjai
0
Correct this question
5
Very interesting!
reach: rather globalcolorslightoptical illusionsopticsphysics

Answers by country

iridescence
Rayleigh scattering
mirage
atmospheric refraction
answers
flagthe United Arab Emirates
8%
66%
8%
16%
12
flagthe Netherlands
0%
63%
10%
26%
30
flagIndia
5%
60%
7%
26%
318
flagAustralia
5%
51%
5%
35%
39
flagSpain
0%
50%
0%
50%
10
flagthe United States
8%
49%
6%
34%
208
flagNigeria
18%
45%
0%
36%
11
flagGhana
0%
45%
9%
27%
11
flagAustria
8%
39%
4%
45%
82
flagPoland
12%
35%
11%
40%
8222
flagPakistan
0%
35%
5%
58%
17
flagGreece
15%
34%
23%
26%
26
flagthe Philippines
22%
33%
16%
22%
18
flagGermany
12%
32%
7%
46%
566
flagthe United Kingdom
12%
32%
12%
40%
124
flagSwitzerland
12%
31%
5%
50%
54
flagRepublic of Ireland
31%
31%
25%
12%
16
flagCanada
13%
21%
13%
47%
23
flagMalaysia
0%
18%
18%
63%
11