{"id":24654,"date":"2023-12-11T09:48:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=24654"},"modified":"2023-12-11T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T01:38:25","slug":"why-is-the-sky-blue-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/12\/11\/why-is-the-sky-blue-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the sky blue?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12112023-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12112023-06.jpg\" alt=\"Why is the sky blue?\" class=\"wp-image-24653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12112023-06.jpg 302w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12112023-06-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Why is the sky blue?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scattering of sunlight is more effective in the short wavelength (blue\/violet) part of the spectrum, so the sky appears blue (but not today, because clouds and rain tend to mask that!). See: hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/atmos\/blusky.html for a more thorough explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scattering of sunlight is more effective in the short wavelength (blue\/violet) part of the spectrum, so the sky appears blue (but not today, because clouds and rain tend to mask that!). See: hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/atmos\/blusky.html for a more thorough explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24680,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654\/revisions\/24680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}