(4) Scattering Explanation: During daylight, the sky appears to be blue because air scatters blue sunlight more than it scatters red. At night, the sky appears to be a mostly dark surface or region scattered with stars. Except for light that comes directly from the sun, most of the light in the day sky is a result of scattering, which is dominated by a smallparticle limit called Rayleigh scattering.