Why does the sky appear blue on the earth, but black on the moon?
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Answer
The blue light due to its short wavelength, is scattered more in the atmosphere as compared to red light of long wavelength. Thus, light reaching us from all other directions is the scattered blue light. Therefore, the sky, appears blue. On the moon, there is no atmosphere. Thus, sunlight does not get scattered, and hence the sky appears dark.
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