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🔵 SCIENCE · 2026-07-20

太陽の光と空の色

Same news, rewritten for 6 Japanese school grades — pick your level below. Furigana + translation included.
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太陽たいようの光ひかりは白しろく見みえますが、じつはいろいろな色いろのあつまりです。

光ひかりは目めに見みえない波なみのように、まっすぐ進すすむ力ちからを持もっています。

青あおい光ひかりは波なみが短みじかく、赤あかい光ひかりは波なみが長ながいです。

空気くうきの中なかの小ちいさなつぶは、短みじかい波なみの光ひかりをよくはね返かえします。

そのため、昼間ひるまの空そらは一面いちめんが青あおく見みえるのです。

夕方ゆうがたは光ひかりが遠とおくから空気くうきの中なかを通とおって来くるので、赤あかい色いろがのこります。

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Translation

Sunlight looks white, but it is really a gathering of many colors.

Light has the power to travel straight like a wave our eyes cannot see.

Blue light has short waves, while red light has long waves.

Tiny particles in the air bounce back short-wave light very well.

That is why the daytime sky looks blue all over.

In the evening light comes from far away through the air, so only the red color remains.

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