2007-01-14 11:17:15 · 9 answers · asked by KAREN S 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Water is faint blue. Although water appears clear in small quanities (like a glass of water), the blue color becomes visible the more water we look through. Thus, deep lakes and seas are bluer than a shallow river.
2007-01-14 11:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the atmosphere of the earth,. blue light is scattered more readily than other colors. This is also the reason the sky looks blue. When you take a glass of water, you do not get the large atmospheric effects of the light scattering and the water looks clear up close. The water is actually clear...you could call the blue an illusion if you choose.
2007-01-15 09:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by Yuvraj R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the atmosphere of the earth,. blue light is scattered more readily than other colors. This is also the reason the sky looks blue. When you take a glass of water, you do not get the large atmospheric effects of the light scattering and the water looks clear upclose. The water is actually clear...you could call the blue an illusion if you choose.
2007-01-14 11:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ocean water is not blue it only looks that way when the sky is blue the water reflects the color of the sky. Just think about it an a cloudy day the water looks gray, and on a sunny day when the sky is blue so is the water.
2007-01-18 05:56:06 · answer #4 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the absorption which gives water its color is in the red end of the visible spectrum, one sees blue, the complementary color of orange, when observing light that has passed through several meters of water. This color of water can also be seen in snow and ice as an intense blue color scattered back from deep holes in fresh snow.
2007-01-14 11:25:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple. The ocean is reflecting the sky, which is blue.
2007-01-14 11:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Color depends on the depth of the ocean/lake and how turbid the water is.
2007-01-14 11:27:59 · answer #7 · answered by nokhada5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm... Then that can make it a lot less complicated to be sure fish (&more suitable fish searching and a lot less people death from shark attacks...per chance). also, i imagine i'd mistake blue capacity help for water...(i don't like non-flavored water.)
2016-10-31 02:50:04 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'cause that is the way God made it.=) Life is short. Pray HARD.
2007-01-14 16:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋