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Why does the sky appear dark instead of blue to an astronaut ?
Why does the sky appear dark instead of blue to an astronaut ?
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Pawan Prajapati
As an astronaut moves away from the atmosphere of earth, the atmosphere becomes thin. Due to the absence of molecules (or dust particles) in air, the scattering of light does not take place. Thus, sky appears dark in the absence of scattering.
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