2006-08-01 15:39:41 · 16 answers · asked by Sarah A 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
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2006-08-01 15:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by mrknositall 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When sunlight travels through the atmosphere, blue light scatters more than the other colors, leaving a dominant yellow-orange hue to the transmitted light. The scattered light makes the sky blue; the transmitted light makes the sunset reddish orange.
2006-08-01 18:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky is like a mirror... the blue sky you see came from the color of the sea.. it was reflected by the sun rays... that's why you don't see the "blue skies" at night because there is no light to reflect it from the sea... :=)
2006-08-01 15:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by D e n n i s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sky is blue because of the oxygen in the air or something like that...
2006-08-01 15:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by cr_coolio 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st off this is economics, not the place to discuss the sky
2nd of all, the sky is blue because the sun's light scatters in the atmosphear exept a blue color causing the sky to apear blue. k?
2006-08-01 15:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by suppy_sup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky is blue becuase it reflects the ocean. The ocean is blue because it reflects the sky. It's just one of those things that is what it is becasue it is.
2006-08-01 15:45:01 · answer #6 · answered by kinkykiki2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rayleigh scattering (named after Lord Rayleigh) is the scattering of light, or other electromagnetic radiation, by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light. It occurs when light travels in transparent solids and liquids, but is most prominently seen in gases. Rayleigh scattering of sunlight by the atmosphere is the main reason light from the sky is blue.
2006-08-04 18:21:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the composition of the atmosphere absorbs all the other colors of the rainbow, leaving blue.
2006-08-01 15:43:33 · answer #8 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blue sky, everything nice!
2006-08-01 15:43:22 · answer #9 · answered by longbean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. this is da economics section not science section
i think its because of the high percentage of nitrogen in the sky
2006-08-01 17:00:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋