身近な科学

Why is the sky blue?

If wave speed is fixed, doubling frequency halves wavelength because v = fλ.

短い答え

If wave speed is fixed, doubling frequency halves wavelength because v = fλ.

本当は何が起きている?

Hydrogen emits discrete spectral lines because electrons change between quantized energy states.

役立つイメージ

Visible light interacts with molecules in the atmosphere. Shorter visible wavelengths are scattered more strongly, which is why the daytime sky usually looks blue.

さらに深く

Waves · Spectroscopy

出典

IUPAC · NIST · BIPM