Why is the sky so blue ?

Question

Can you explain sky blue pink ?
What colour is it ?
Why?

Look to your inner child to answer!

Answer 1

It is the late night glow, just before dusk

Answer 2

Oh dear. Here we go again.

Would those who believe that the sky is blue from the reflection of the oceans please explain why the sky isn't green over the Amazon jungle and yellow over the Sahara?

The sky is blue because the way light refracts through the atmosphere. As the day goes by, the angle at which sunlight goes through the atmosphere changes, and the different angles refract different ranges of the spectrum of visible light. That is why the sky is bluer mid-morning and mid-afternoon, and is a lighter shade of blue at noon, and is reddish at sunset.

And as for "sky blue pink", could it be the colour of the sky at 7:15pm on a fine evening in August?

Answer 3

The atmosphere is the mixture of gas molecules and other materials surrounding the earth. It is made mostly of the gases nitrogen (78%), and oxygen (21%). Argon gas and water (in the form of vapor, droplets and ice crystals) are the next most common things. There are also small amounts of other gases, plus many small solid particles, like dust, soot and ashes, pollen, and salt from the oceans.

The composition of the atmosphere varies, depending on your location, the weather, and many other things. There may be more water in the air after a rainstorm, or near the ocean. Volcanoes can put large amounts of dust particles high into the atmosphere. Pollution can add different gases or dust and soot.

The atmosphere is densest (thickest) at the bottom, near the Earth. It gradually thins out as you go higher and higher up. There is no sharp break between the atmosphere and space.

Answer 4

It's not reflection or refraction - it is diffraction. Sunlight is white. When it enters the atmosphere, the bluer light gets diffracted and dispersed. The remaining (yellow) light carries on in a straight line.

At sunset/sunrise, the suns rays travel through much greater distances through the atmosphere. It's the red light that makes it through in a straight line. When this red light illuminates clouds, they show up pink

Answer 5

The sky is blue because that is the colour of the Ozone. It has nothing to do with the oceans.

Answer 6

The blue is the reflection of the sea. Most other colours are due to light travelling through dust / pollution etc.

Answer 7

Why is the sky blue?

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.html

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html

More about Earth and the Moon

http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/pxearth.html

http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/earth.html

All the very best.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 8

I agree with twokay75

Answer 9

its due to the scattering of lite

Answer 10

you sound stoned chick!