Answer to Question #294175 in Optics for Chemistry

Question

Atmospheric haze is due to water droplets or smoke particles (“smog”). Such haze reduces visibility by scattering light, so that the light from distant objects becomes randomized and images become indistinct. Explain why visibility through haze can be improved by wearing red-tinted sunglasses, which filter out blue light

Answer 1

The visibility through haze can be improved by wearing red-tinted sunglasses because the blue light with high frequency is highly scattered and when you wear the glasses, the scattering of the blue light increases. So, the visibility is imporoved.