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In article <1992Dec15.135457.13692@linus.mitre.org> m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White) writes:
>> In that case the classical Rayleigh theory ...
>> ... x = 2 pi a / lambda...
>> ...spectrum of the sun convolved with a fourth-power law...
>> Rayleigh scattering...
>
>All this talk about scattering etc. just misses the point.  We all
>understand *how* the sky is blue, but the question is *why*?
>The mechanism that makes it blue is clear, but why does that
>mechanism exist instead of one that makes it, say, green?  Yes,
>yes, I know: "physics describes, it does not explain".  I've always
>found that answer to be a cop-out (as we used to say back in the
>60s).  I think "why" is an excellent question.
>

Because that is how God created the Universe and these are the rules that
he gave us.  }:)