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Tyndall effect (en.wikipedia.org)

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An example in everyday life is the blue colour sometimes seen in the smoke emitted by motorcycles, in particular two-stroke machines where the burnt engine oil provides these particles.[1] The same effect can also be observed with tobacco smoke whose fine particles also preferentially scatter blue light.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

As a big fan of Rayleigh and Mie scattering, this is very cool