Quote: the wavelength of light is about 5000 times the diameter of an atom; small groups of atoms scatter light more strongly, but larger droplets scatter red more strongly

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Remember, atoms are only an angstrom or so … a few atoms together, they can be very … the atoms will move together. The electric field … double the amplitude that there was from a … a single atom, not twice! … [p. 32-8] If the water drop gets so big … no longer in phase because they are too … Furthermore, the blue disappears [as the droplet size increases], because for long … short wavelengths.   Google-1   Google-2

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