why is the sky blue? really....?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

It has to do with wave lengths and the light that hits them. Blue waves are smaller, and therefore more likely to be hit than red ones and for this reason the sky is blue. During sunrise/set the sun hits these waves at different anlges and reflects other colors as well.

Answer 3

To answer this you need to understand what the sky is: nothing. The color of nothing is black. The sky is black, just look out at night. When you see blue, you are seeing the re-radiated sun.

Answer 4

when the air is illuminated by white light, the short wavelengths are preferentially reflected to our eyes. However, the blue of the air is a structural color produced by wave effects, whereas most other blue substances are blue because of preferential absorbtion

Answer 5

The light of the sun bounces off of particles in the upper atmosphere that emit a blue-colored hue while the other colors of the light spectrum pass through it...kind of like a prism.

Answer 6

The water particles in the air refract and absorb the light from the sun, bending the rays so that the main color that we can see.

Answer 7

the air molecules absorb wavelengths like red orange yellow and only leaves the blue wavelengths

Answer 8

light reflects off the water molecules in air which are similar to the blue water molecules in water.

Answer 9

because atmosphere act as a prism and the blue color is the only one remaining, every other colors are reflected..

Answer 10

it has to do with light reflection...you'll learn more about this topic in physical science, but if you want to do research look up light refraction (i believe it's called...)

good luck!