2006-06-27 19:04:06 · 11 answers · asked by rama krishna 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
search that question. it has been asked before. :)
The scattering of electromagnetic radiation by particles with dimensions much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation, resulting in angular separation of colors and responsible for the reddish color of sunset and the blue of the sky.
But the sky is not blue, it only looks that way.
The sky is filed with very small molecules of water and when the light passes through the water it refracts and what you see is a blue haze. It gets darker the further up you look because it is backed less and less by refracted light and more by direct contrast of cloud matter and in the absence of clouds, space itself.
2006-06-27 19:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sky is actually not blue, it is the rods and cones in your eyes and the way they pick up and interpret the light signals coming into them that makes it look blue I believe.
2006-06-28 02:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by johnno K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically, it is because of the light from the sun being refracted through the atmosphere. Another factor is that the atmosphere is reflecting the color of the water in the ocean. One more reason is because that is the color our retinas and brains perceive it to be.
2006-06-28 02:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by yodeladyhoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was always told that it was a reflection off of the water on the earth. I consider my source,(my earth science teacher) a pretty reputable source. Maybe you were absent that day!
2006-06-28 02:08:36 · answer #4 · answered by ktterdfurguson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besause and it is not always blue it is beautiful shades when the sunsets
2006-06-28 02:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by l_2hs_f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not. It is actually every colour BUT blue.
2006-06-28 02:07:15 · answer #6 · answered by wandering_canuck 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the reflection of the ocean.
2006-06-28 02:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by MS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-28 02:06:29 · answer #8 · answered by Devo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same reason the grass is green
2006-06-28 02:07:03 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE GOD MAKE IT THAT WAY.
2006-06-28 02:06:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋