IT IS NOT YELLOW, ORANGE, OR WHITE!!
2006-08-22 12:19:50 · 8 answers · asked by arg.jew. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Green
Does the green sun really exist?
If somebody tells you that he saw the sun emitting green light, you must wonder if he was colourblind or insane! However, quite a lot of people really saw the green sun, and this phenomenon has even aroused years of debates. Is it just an illusion or is it real? We know that the green sun really exists after camera was invented.
At sunrise and sunset, when only a small part of the sun appears above the horizon, and provided that the air is clear, the green sun will appear, lasting only for a few seconds. We know that sunlight is refracted when it passes through the atmosphere. As if there is a triangular prism, the white sunlight will be refracted into the colours of the rainbow. Light with a shorter wavelength will be refracted to a higher degree. Therefore, at sunrise (sunset), we should see blue light at first (at last). But blue light is easily scattered in air and it is not easily seen, so what we usually see is green light as it has a slightly larger wavelength than blue light. This is how the green sun is formed. But if it is too dusty, even green light will be scattered, then the green sun cannot be seen. If you have a chance to see the sunrise by the seashore, don't get too shocked by the green sun!
2006-08-24 20:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by hamdi_batriyshah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define color.
The sun emits light in every imaginable range of the electromagnetic spectrum, from infrared to gamma rays.
To the naked eye, it IS white from outer space, but you can't pick up these "extra" electromagnetic frequencies. Its color changes from Earth because of the composition of the atmosphere (such as in the chemical sunsets that are so pretty in New Jersey)
To hazard a guess, I would say red, due to the huge amount of infrared radiation it emits. All things considered, it would be red.
-Daniel
2006-08-22 23:13:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun emits white light.
2006-08-22 19:24:23 · answer #3 · answered by pieter U3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The Sun is clear. Its so hot that it appears in visible frequencies.
2006-08-22 19:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE colour of Volcanic Lava
2006-08-22 19:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sun have big range of waves(that man could see and cant)
and mostly the highest light wave is yellow
sun making more yellow light waves then other(other light waves that man could see)
2006-08-23 06:24:33 · answer #6 · answered by aviv7337 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its boiling wen u look at it appears yellow and orange because of how hot it is.
2006-08-22 19:23:16 · answer #7 · answered by mdawg92000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks either amber or dark tangerine.
2006-08-22 22:44:30 · answer #8 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋