Can you figure it out???
2007-03-13 09:08:57 · 10 answers · asked by nothing 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It was done by the Air Force to match their uniforms.
2007-03-13 09:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No my dear lady, it has nothing at all to do with the armed forces of the world! The sky of Earth as seen from the ground upwards is blue BECAUSE of the LIGHT REFRACTION of the light traveling though not just the atmosphere, but also the water vapor trapped inside of the atmosphere! Hence forth, the reason the sky is "blue" in color and not in reality! That, and the fact that the blue coloring is the only light ,the color in the color spectrum that is, being refracted that we human beings can actually see in the atmosphere next to the infrared and what not that is also there too!
2007-03-13 16:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by mangamaniaciam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky is blue because of the way the light is refracted off the substances in the atmosphere.
Where does the army go into that?
2007-03-13 16:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by Æ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunlight is made up of all the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The gas molecules in the atmosphere interact with the sunlight before the light reaches our eyes.
The gas molecules in the atmosphere scatter the higher-energy blue portion of the sunlight more than they scatter the lower-energy red portion of the sunlight (this is called Rayleigh scattering, named for the physicist Lord John Rayleigh). The Sun appears reddish-yellow and the sky surrounding the Sun is colored by the scattered blue waves.
When the Sun is lower in the horizon (near sunrise or sunset), the sunlight must travel through a greater thickness of atmosphere than it does when it is overhead, and even more light is scattered (not just blue, but also green, yellow, and orange) before the light reaches your eyes. This makes the sun look much redder.
And that’s why the sky is blue.
2007-03-13 16:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by kansascityshuffle 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Refraction isn't quite the reason. The nitrogen atoms are excited by ultraviolet radiation from the sun causing the blue glow that we see. The same thing for why the air around a Laser operating in the Ultra violet range turns the air around the beam, blue.
The military has nothing to do with it. The sky was blue when all we had to fight with was swords and muskets.
2007-03-13 17:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has to do with the way light refracts off of the gas molecules in the atmosphere. Since the majority (about 68%) of the Earths atmosphere is nitrogen, the 'blue' wavelengths are refracted more and cause the sky to appear blue.
It has *nothing* to do with the Army, the Air Farce, or little green men in flying saucers.
HTH âº
Doug
2007-03-13 16:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nitrogen, paradoxally the major component of air refracts the light into bue.
2007-03-13 16:18:14 · answer #7 · answered by Gabriel G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If the military has their way it will be red, from haze and black with ash and smoke.
It will look a little like when you find an open Oblivion Gate in TES4.
2007-03-13 16:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it has to do with light reflecting off things...yup
2007-03-13 16:19:16 · answer #9 · answered by insideout72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God loves the infantry...
2007-03-13 16:10:51 · answer #10 · answered by T.I. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋