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Why Is The Sky Blue? (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

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The Basics of Light

The two most common elements in our atmosphere are nitrogen and oxygen. Together, they constitute 99% of what we breathe. The wavelengths of light emitted by the sun are spread over a much wider spectrum than just visible light. It's distributed in a bell-shaped curve, with the peak around where green and blue light meet.

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