2006-07-13 03:54:49 · 7 answers · asked by siraj r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Transmitted light (from the sun, light bulbs, fire, etc) is made up of a spectrum of colors. The longest wavelengths of light are on the red end of the spectrum and the shortest wavelengths are on the blue/violet end of the spectrum.
When transmitted light such as sunlight enters our atmosphere it collides with the oxygen and nitrogen atoms. The color with the shorter wavelength is scattered more by this collision. Because violet and blue are the shortest wavelengths the sky appears to be violet / blue. But because our eyes are more sensitive to blue light than they are violet light, we perceive the sky as blue.
Our eyes contain thousand of rods and cones, which are the receptors for light. Whenever one of the 3 Stooges pokes you in the eye you see a giant blue spot. This is because the blue receptors have been activated. Blue is one of the primary colors and thus more easily activated and seen by our eyes.
Blue is also how I feel when my baby leaves and my hound dog dies. Also, how I feel when the cops pull me over and I see their blue lights flashing in my rear view mirror. Then, again, blue is the color of the K-mart special, so this color isn't all bad.
2006-07-13 03:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by watshername 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are mountains interior the gap blue as well. the clarification being that undemanding is white, and white is made from red, eco-friendly and blue wavelengths of sunshine. red is a protracted wave length so it receives absorbed by skill of the water debris interior the air more suitable actual than eco-friendly and blue, and eco-friendly is absorbed more suitable actual than blue, so the elementary that receives to our eyes style the sky or meditated from a mountain is more often than not blue elementary.
2016-12-10 08:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tiny dust particles in the atmosphere reflect light from the sun in the blue wavelength.
2006-07-13 03:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by Chapparo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is classical question and some one got nobel prize in solving this. So if you have studied high school you should have known. Read some very elementary physics books
2006-07-13 04:06:50 · answer #4 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not always my dear......only when it's a nice day. One should be thankful......bad weather brings gray sky, very dark gray sky, too many fires= orange glowing sky, etc etc
2006-07-13 03:59:38 · answer #5 · answered by sudbury girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it were green, you wouldn't know when to stop mowing.
2006-07-13 05:30:59 · answer #6 · answered by JohnnyG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thanks for 2 points
2006-07-18 22:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by Gina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋