Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why Is the Sky Blue? The Short Answer: Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves This is why we see a blue sky most of the time
Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids En seguida nos damos cuenta de que el cielo es de color azul ¿Pero alguna vez te has preguntado por qué? Muchas otras personas inteligentes, también se lo han preguntado… ¡Y les ha tomado mucho tiempo averiguar cómo y por qué! La luz del Sol se ve blanca, pero en realidad está compuesta por todos los colores del arcoíris Cuando la luz blanca pasa por un prisma, queda separada en
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What Is an Aurora? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids There, the particles interact with gases in our atmosphere resulting in beautiful displays of light in the sky Oxygen gives off green and red light Nitrogen glows blue and purple These green bands of light in the winter sky above Alaska are an aurora borealis This is the name for an aurora in the Northern Hemisphere Credit: Sarah Histand
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