2006-07-22 01:27:42 · 29 answers · asked by Alexander S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight.
2006-07-22 01:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The suns rays have 7 colours
violet
indigo
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
out of which the first three colours are being more effective while the others are dull while they cross the ionosphere
as the mixture of the first three colours make blue the sky is blue in colour
The reflection of sky in oceans makes ocean water look blue
2006-07-22 10:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by Suganya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the ocean, or the earth, or space reflecting. The sky's coloring has to do with the light's reflection off of the blue end of the color spectrum...give me a second and I'll look it up for you.
AHA! I found it.
Why is the sky blue?
Answer: Solar radiation sunlight is scattered across the atmosphere by a process called diffused sky radiation. The sky is blue because much more short-wave radiation--blue light--is scattered across the sky than long-wave radiation--red light.
--Submitted by Roy Glauber, 2005 Nobel Prize Winner; Harvard University
2006-07-22 08:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sky is blue because the the distance from the space and sky is very big and has its own atmospheres.
It's very easy to tell.Some say that is the reflection of the sea but why is the sky blue on the continents?there is no sea!
i hope that you understood
2006-07-22 13:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue light is refracted more because of its wavelength. The atmosphere acts like a giant prism to break the light into its component parts and mostly blue gets through
2006-07-22 08:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by bigscary_monster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of light rays from the sun. The length of the blue rays are what is visible to us. As the sun sets in each region the light spectrum visible to us changes to more reds and purple colors. The light coming from the sun is the same, it is how the light bends as it goes through the atmosphere.
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2006-07-22 08:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not a reflection from the sea the sea is blue due to the sky. its only a reflection so wen u come across dirty oceans the brown tint of the water mixes with the blue reflection hey presto nasty green sea.
2006-07-22 09:28:09 · answer #7 · answered by clara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sea is blue, it is reflected into the sky through the suns light, making the sky look blue
i think...
2006-07-22 08:39:00 · answer #8 · answered by lost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sky is blue bcoz the ozone layer reflects all other radiations of white light.
2006-07-25 11:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by stylish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky isn't really blue we are all just colourblind.
2006-07-22 08:33:03 · answer #10 · answered by ...Joanne...<3...MCR...<3. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋