# mountain lightning **Published by:** [ngp722](https://paragraph.com/@ngp722/) **Published on:** 2023-11-05 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@ngp722/mountain-lightning ## Content The sky appears blue due to the scattering of sunlight by the Earth's atmosphere. The blue light is scattered more easily in the atmosphere than the other colors because it has shorter, smaller wavelengths. ## Publication Information - [ngp722](https://paragraph.com/@ngp722/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@ngp722/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@ngp722): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/NicholasPryor): Follow on Twitter