Question

How does the scattering of tiny particles in the air affect the colors of the sky at sunrise and sunset

Answer 1

Answer:

In the sky, the scattering of light takes place. The comparatively smaller particles such as the tiny droplets of water, dust particles in the air and other molecules have the ability to scatter higher number of photons that have a shorter wavelength. The sky usually appears to be blue in color but it appears to be reddish during sunrise and sunset as the sun is at a very low horizon, and presence of more number of molecules allows more scattering to take place, eliminating the violet light and blue light away from our naked eyes and allows the red light to our eyes which has the highest wavelength.

This is how the scattering of tiny particles and molecules present in the air affects the color of the sky during sunrise and sunset.

Answer 2

It affects the colors of the sky at sunrise and sunset because only the longer-wavelengths colors are visible.