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Why the Sky is Blue

If you look carefully at the sky, you will notice that it is not evenly blue.

The sky is brightest near the horizon where the atmosphere is thickest.

Overhead, the sky is darker, for not as many molecules are scattering blue light from the thinner atmosphere there.

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