Earth's sky is blue during the day because:

A) red wavelengths are lost as solar radiation passes through the vacuum of space.
B) the sun produces more blue wavelengths that it produces in any other color.
C) the molecules in the atmosphere scatter blue wavelengths of light.
D) the atmosphere absorbs blue wavelengths of light.


C

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