Diffuse sky radiation
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Earth''s atmosphere scatters short-wavelength light more efficiently than that of longer wavelengths. Because its wavelengths are shorter, blue light is more strongly scattered than the longer-wavelength lights, red or green. Hence, the result that when looking at the sky away from the direct incident sunlight, the human perceives the sky to be blue. The color perceived is similar to that presented by a monochromatic blue