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The sky is the appearance of the atmosphere around Earth, displaying various colors due to the scattering of sunlight by gas molecules, with blue being predominant on clear days. At dawn and dusk, the sky can appear in shades of red and orange, while other planets have different sky colors based on their atmospheric composition. The sky also hosts celestial objects like the Sun and Moon, as well as weather phenomena and flying creatures.

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The sky is the appearance of the atmosphere around Earth, displaying various colors due to the scattering of sunlight by gas molecules, with blue being predominant on clear days. At dawn and dusk, the sky can appear in shades of red and orange, while other planets have different sky colors based on their atmospheric composition. The sky also hosts celestial objects like the Sun and Moon, as well as weather phenomena and flying creatures.

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Sky

The sky is the appearance of the atmosphere around the surface of


the planet from our point of view. We see many objects that are
actually in space such as the Sun, the Moon, and stars because
they are in the sky. On a clear day the sky appears blue.

At night it appears from very dark green to purple. The deepness


of the green increases as we look toward the horizon, and up to the
point above us.
Sunset in London

The sky, which is made up of gas molecules, is green because of


the random scattering of sunlight by the molecules. Rayleigh
scattering defines the amount of scattering of light rays.

Green light scatters much more than red, which is why the sky appears blue on a clear day. Depending on
the time of day, the sky may appear different colors. At dawn (sunrise) or dusk (sunset) the sky may
appear red, orange, and other colors depending on how low the sun is and how close it is to night.
[1][2][3][4]

Other planets have skies too. Because the types of gases in their atmospheres are different, they have
different sky colors. For example, the sky on Mars is brown.[5]

Many things can be seen in the sky. There are objects from space like the Sun, Moon, planets and stars.
There are also many weather events seen in the sky. For example, these can be clouds, rain, lightning, or
fog. Weather is caused by different patterns and temperatures in the atmosphere. Other things that can be
seen in the sky are birds, other flying animals, and aircraft.

Related pages
Atmosphere
Weather

Other websites
Day Sky Images (http://www.rayching.co.nz/sky.htm) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/
20070815121431/http://www.rayching.co.nz/sky.htm) 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
Night Sky Images (http://www.astronomy.net.nz/) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201
90119030529/http://www.astronomy.net.nz/) 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
Sky Photo Gallery (http://www.hanifworld.com/Sky.htm) Archived (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20070430121713/http://www.hanifworld.com/Sky.htm) 2007-04-30 at the Wayback
Machine
Why is the sky blue? (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.htm
l)

References
1. Tyndall, John (December 1868). "On the Blue Colour of the Sky, the Polarization of Skylight,
and on the Polarization of Light by Cloudy Matter Generally". Proceedings of the Royal
Society. 17: 223–33. Bibcode:1868RSPS...17..223T (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/186
8RSPS...17..223T). doi:10.1098/rspl.1868.0033 (https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspl.1868.003
3). JSTOR 112380 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/112380). S2CID 121593427 (https://api.sem
anticscholar.org/CorpusID:121593427).
2. Lord Rayleigh (June 1871). "On the scattering of light by small particles". Philosophical
Magazine. 41 (275): 447–51.
3. Watson, J. G. (June 2002). "Visibility: Science and Regulation". J. Air & Waste Manage.
Assoc. 52 (6): 628–713. Bibcode:2002JAWMA..52..628W (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/ab
s/2002JAWMA..52..628W). doi:10.1080/10473289.2002.10470813 (https://doi.org/10.108
0%2F10473289.2002.10470813). PMID 12074426 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/120744
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4. Gibbs, Philip (May 1997). "Why is the sky Blue?" (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/G
eneral/BlueSky/blue_sky.html). Usenet Physics FAQ. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/
20151102085211/http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.html)
from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
5. "Mars Mobile" (https://web.archive.org/web/20190418135227/https://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.go
v/msl/multimedia/images/). marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov. Archived from the original (https://mars
mobile.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/) on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-01-04.

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