2006-09-19 03:08:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
because it's transparent
2006-09-19 03:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by Rahul Verma 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Wind is nothing but the movement of air. So your question can be also asked as " Why we cant see Air ?"....
For any thing to be visible, light has to fall on that and get reflected back to our eyes. But air is 100 % transparent so all the light falls on the air particles pass to the other side . This is why we cannot see air or wind movements.
You may ask , " glass is also transparent , then also we can see glass !!! "...
Thats because glass is not 100 % transparent.
2006-09-19 10:18:43 · answer #2 · answered by joshy m 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wind is just air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. As you can't see air, because it is transparent, so you can't see wind (unless there is dust or other stuff being carried along in the wind which you CAN see)
2006-09-19 10:11:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wind is the movement of air when there is an imbalance of pressure (movement from high pressure area to low).
Air is made up primarily of colorless gases like Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide. Impurities and other airborne particles aside, you can't 'see' air when its around you or moving around you (ie. the 'wind').
If you really want to 'see' the wind, then simply blow lots of smoke into the air when it is windy and you'll be able to see because the smoke particles (tiny ashes) will be carried by the air current!
2006-09-19 10:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by Son of Gap 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why can't we see 'whistling'? =D
Actually, you CAN see wind! I used to be in Army Aviation (helicopters) and ground crews would pop smoke grenades so we can check the wind direction before landing to make an extraction. It is 'air' you cannot see but wind IS visible when you introduce a visible gas light enough to be carried by it!
2006-09-19 10:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would get in the way of seeing anything else.
The gases that make up the atmosphere (Nitrogen, Oxygen, etc) are all colorless. The individual atoms do not reflect light in the visible spectrum. Since the light goes through the atmosphere without being reflected, it can never make it to the eye to allow the air to be seen.
Wind is just air in motion. Since the air is "invisible" the wind is also.
2006-09-19 10:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Richard 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Because wind moves in mysterious ways!
2006-09-19 10:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's a colorless current in the air.
2006-09-19 11:22:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandfather would break wind and you could see it.
2006-09-19 10:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by chickenger 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is made of air.
2006-09-19 12:53:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋