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Involves gases, or other scattering
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agents that are smaller than the energy
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wavelengths.
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Scatter energy forward and backward.
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Partial to shorter wavelength energy,
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such as those which inhabit the shorter
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portion of the visible spectrum.
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Responsible for (1) blue sky in clear
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days, (2) blue tint of the atmosphere
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when viewed from space, and the
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redness of sunsets and sunrises.
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