2006-10-13 05:03:30 · 25 answers · asked by i wish bob was my uncle dont you 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Its the reflection off the Sea.
2006-10-13 05:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by Chaos 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This has indeed has been asked before and I'm amazed at how many of the answers are duff.
It has nothing to do what so ever with water in fact the sea is blue because it reflects the sky!
Sorry I diverge.
The sky is blue due to Rayleigh scattering. Air molecules interact with the light and scatter it, but the level of scattering is dependent of the frequency of the light to the 4th power. UV and blue light have the highest frequencies and so are scattered more. Less blue gets to your eye than red so the sky appears blue.
2006-10-13 15:38:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mark G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.
However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.
2006-10-13 12:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Pam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is the sky blue?
A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because 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.
2006-10-13 12:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by baron_von_sky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light
2006-10-13 12:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by magnolia_76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the index of refraction in our atmosphere will usually bounce the blue light around, making the sky look blue. At dawn and dusk, the light is at a different angle, and you see more red.
2006-10-13 12:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by MadScientist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky is blue due to the reflection of sunlight on the particles matter in the atmosphere.
2006-10-13 12:05:26 · answer #7 · answered by Rinnie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why is the grass green?
Why do the birds sing?
Why, when I put the volume up on the tv the sound is louder?
IT JUST IS! When people decided to 'name the colours' we could have ended up with pink sky and blue elephants!
2006-10-13 12:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by allseasons 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The sky is blue because when we look at something, we see every color that the object is not. So, the sky is actually every color other than what we see.
2006-10-13 12:05:36 · answer #9 · answered by Carmen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This question has been asked before. Search before you ask.
The color of the sky is blue because the atmosphere scatters shorter wavelenght light (blue and violet) more than longer wavelength light (red), and thus we see more of the scattered blue light.
2006-10-13 12:05:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the atmosphere filters red light better than blue, so the blue rays get down to us, and the red ones get RAY BANNED!
2006-10-13 12:12:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋