Is this actually true? Do you have a source? I have tried Googling for it.
My understanding is that the sky’s blue color was caused by Rayleigh scattering. This scattering is higher for shorter wavelengths. There’s no broad peak in scattering associated with nitrogen absorption lines (which I imagine would be very narrowband, rather than broadband).
Wikipedia’s article on Rayleigh scatting mentions oxygen twice but makes no reference to your theory.
Is this actually true? Do you have a source? I have tried Googling for it.
My understanding is that the sky’s blue color was caused by Rayleigh scattering. This scattering is higher for shorter wavelengths. There’s no broad peak in scattering associated with nitrogen absorption lines (which I imagine would be very narrowband, rather than broadband).
Wikipedia’s article on Rayleigh scatting mentions oxygen twice but makes no reference to your theory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering