2006-09-03 21:53:57 · 9 answers · asked by paplus 4 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
Because the French win again!
2006-09-03 22:41:28 · answer #1 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sky is not blue. Basically, prisms in the atmosphere catch the slowest moving rays of light and that color is reflected throughout the sky, which is why the sky does not appear evenly colored.
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The color of the sky is a result of diffuse sky radiation, (Diffuse sky radiation is solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere. Also called,) and the fact that air is actually a very transparent blue color. On a sunny day the Earth sky usually looks as a blue gradient — dark in the zenith, light near the horizon (due to Rayleigh scattering). It turns orange and red during sunrise and sunset, and becomes black at night.
Sky luminance distribution models have been recommended by CIE (the International Lighting Commission) for the design of daylighting schemes. Recent developments relate to “all sky models” for modelling sky luminance under weather conditions ranging from clear sky to overcast sky.
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2006-09-04 04:59:39 · answer #2 · answered by Meh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the UK, how do I know that the sky is blue in the south of France?
2006-09-04 04:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by charlie6091 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The sky's black in my part of the UK atm...that could be saomething to do with it being midnight though...as for South of France...lived there a year and it was grey most of the time.
2006-09-06 18:56:56 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sky is blue at my house in the uk. maybe i'm the only lucky one.
2006-09-05 19:48:04 · answer #5 · answered by jbslass 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.answers.com/rayleigh%20scattering
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.
2006-09-04 21:38:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's something to do with the angle of the sun in the S of F whereas in the UK there's so much shite in the atmosphere.
2006-09-04 05:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes... you could be making that up.... i am in the UK and the sky is blue where I am.... or is it?
2006-09-04 04:57:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you're on holiday when you see it - the sky's always more blue when you're on holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-04 05:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by moogie19 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋