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On planet Earth, we are fortunate to have an atmosphere, which sustains life, along with the radiation radiated from our nearest star, the Sun. The interaction between radiation emitted by the Sun and the Earth’s atmosphere, not only helps to sustain life, but also gives rise to the observed display of colours in the Earth’s atmosphere. The interaction between electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Sun and the Earth’s atmosphere is responsible for the depth of blue in the sky. The red sky at sunset.

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Baran, A.J. (2013). Light scattering by irregular particles in the Earth’s atmosphere. In: Kokhanovsky, A. (eds) Light Scattering Reviews 8. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32106-1_1

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