Why is the sky light blue?
2006-07-05 11:07:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
the sky is blue due to the angle at which sun light hits it. The phenomenon is known as light scattering. When sunlight hits the atmosphere at more or less right angles it scatters on the water droplets (which act as prisms) into the higher frequencies-blueish. When the angle is closer to 0 or 180 degrees (glancing) it scatters into the shorter frequencies-reddish. Thus sunrise and sunset colors.
2006-07-05 11:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by morpheus2155 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a cuisine question? Oh well... it's blue because molecules in the atmosphere scatter the blue wavelengths in every direction, while the other wavelengths pass on through. It's called "MIE Scattering".
So...do I like win a cookie or something???
2006-07-05 19:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by stevenB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that bothers me more than you asking this in an Ethnic Cuisine section ---- are the people that are seriously actually answering "why the sky is blue"??
2006-07-06 15:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by GP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun reflects from the ocean and water and makes the sky blue
2006-07-05 18:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by Gothic Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with "morpheus2155". He has the correct answer. The reflection of the ocean has nothing to do with the color of the sky.
2006-07-12 08:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by sgt. pepper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky is blue because of Rayleigh scattering.
2006-07-11 06:47:55 · answer #6 · answered by me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reflects the color of the oceans.
Same reason the sky is red on Mars. Most of the ground is rust colored.
2006-07-05 18:10:00 · answer #7 · answered by Octal040 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a food or drink question! Just like is I asked if chloe is an idiot?
2006-07-05 18:10:32 · answer #8 · answered by halton13316 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a reflection from the ocean
2006-07-05 20:01:05 · answer #9 · answered by roeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont you ask a meteorologist
2006-07-05 18:14:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋