Solar Radiation Transfer: Absorption, Reflection & Scattering

Compton Scattering | Quantum Physics I | Physics | MIT OpenCourseWare

Sahil Mandaogane on Instagram: "Most people think the Sun is yellow, but in reality, it’s pure white. From Earth, our atmosphere scatters the shorter blue and violet light waves through a process called Rayleigh scattering, leaving behind the longer red, orange, and yellow tones that reach our eyes. That’s why sunsets look fiery and the daytime Sun seems golden. But if you were to step outside Earth’s atmosphere, like astronauts do, you’d see the Sun shining bright white. It actually gives off a