Sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut


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Give reason: sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut in space.

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To observe the colour of sky ,scattering of light is important which is only possible due to presence of atmosphere , and in space there is no existence of atmosphere therefore scattering of light doesn't occur .So , to an astronaut sky appears dark instead of blue .

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