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Q: Why is the sky orange sometimes?
A: The visible spectrum of light goes from the infrared to the ultraviolet. The waves of the infrared are stretched out and move slower than the compressed and faster-moving light on the ultraviolet side. When sunlight (which is slightly yellow) hits our atmosphere, it is scattered by the gases in the air. This compression of…
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Easily the Coolest Optical Illusion I’ve Seen in Years
This is a really cool optical illusion. This picture only has three colors, and two of them are magenta and orange. The other two colors are actually the same shade of light green. It may be hard to believe, but the blue and green you’re seeing are the same color. The second graphic shows what…