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Latest revision as of 19:01, 4 January 2025

Solar phenomenon
This article is about the appearance of the Sun in the sky. For other uses, see Blue sun (disambiguation).

The Sun may appear blue after volcanic eruptions or major forest fires. This is typically due to scattering by aerosol particles. Normal Rayleigh scattering is caused by particles much smaller than the wavelength of visible light. The scattering which causes the blue sun appearance is due to larger particles whose size is similar to the wavelength of light.

See also

  • Blue moon – a similar phenomenon affecting the Moon
  • Green flash – a phenomenon at sunset, when the last edge of the sun may flash green or even blue

References

  1. Wullenweber, Nellie; Lange, Anna; Rozanov, Alexei; von Savigny, Christian (2021-04-30), "On the phenomenon of the blue sun", Climate of the Past, 17 (2): 969–983, Bibcode:2021CliPa..17..969W, doi:10.5194/cp-17-969-2021, ISSN 1814-9324
  2. Peter Pesic (29 April 2008), "A simple explanation of blue suns and moons", European Journal of Physics, 29 (3), European Physical Society, doi:10.1088/0143-0807/29/3/N04
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