Why is the sky blue?

Answer 1

Why not ???

Answer 2

scientific answer... 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.

As you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white.

Answer 3

ACTUALLy it's becuase the droplets in the air bend the light and its bends just so that the blue is seen by our eyes, and thats why when the angle of the sun over the sky is different when the sun's going down we see the red and orange colors, becuase of the angle hitting hte molecules in the air..pretty much.

Answer 4

the sky is blue because it reflects light from the oceans

Answer 5

Why is blue called blue and not green?

Answer 6

something to do with wavelengths and i learned this a couple months ago and now i dont feel like reexplaining. hm

Answer 7

because it reflects the blue ocean

Answer 8

You would think I would have the definative answer, dontcha?

Answer 9

Because it'd be funny red...