![Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? We tend to take it for granted, but there’s an actual technical answer: the sky is blue because of Rayleigh scattering. When sunlight approaches our planet, it interacts with molecules in Earth’s atmosphere and is scattered into its constituent colors. The blue light scatters more efficiently, thereby saturating the sky with its color.](https://maxar-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/blogImages/2016/10/Atmosphere-and-sunlight.png)
Learn more about DigitalGlobe Atmospheric Compensation (AComp)
What are the benefits of AComp?
- More of our 16-plus year time-lapse archive of high-resolution imagery is unlocked
- Reduced collection failure rates due to haze
- Improved quality for imagery from new collection
- Enhanced customer experience with DigitalGlobe products