What is Rayleigh scattering?
'''Rayleigh scattering''' is the way that [[light]] [[Mie scattering|scatter]]s when it hits a very small [[object]]. This [[theory]] is valid if the [[wavelength]] of the light is much bigger than the object. It is named after [[Lord Rayleigh]] but was also the work of [[C. V. Raman|Raman]] and [[Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan|Krishnan]] as it is part of the [[Raman scattering]] theory. This is also why the sky looks blue when it is daytime. Rayleigh Scattering means that light of shorter wavelength, blue light, will come into the air and bounce around in the air before going towards the ground, making the sky look blue. {{physics-stub}} [[Category:Physics]]