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Rayleigh scattering, the scientific principle explaining why the sky appears blue, using a visual experiment 📹 Rhett Allain

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Gosai Ram Beniwal1 year ago

Rayleigh scattering is indeed a fascinating phenomenon! It explains why the sky appears blue during the day.

Stuvar Finn1 year ago

A great way to visually demonstrate such an interesting scientific concept!

SMART1 year ago

Hmm interesting

Sanjay Kalyan1 year ago

ohh super

ARRUN1 year ago

The sky effect

Lilly1 year ago

Such a cool experiment! Rayleigh scattering in action! 🌌🔬

Rizzu shaikh1 year ago

Incredible

DJ vAPED ⚡️🎧1 year ago

Visual experiment failed. No blue wtf 🤣

MCH1 year ago

🙂🙂🙂

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