why is the sky blue?

Answer 1

We have all wondered, at some point, why the sky is blue. Now is the time to find out - after all, someday your kids will probably ask YOU why the sky is blue! Ready?

The light that comes from the Sun is white. That white light is actually a mixture of all colors, but because they are mixed up we don't see the separate colors just the white sunlight.

As the sun's light passes through our atmosphere, the light becomes scattered by all the air and particles such smog and dust. The part of the sunlight that gets scattered the most is the blue part. That means that the blue gets separated from the other colors and we get a blue sky!

At sunset or sunrise, the sun is at a very low angle, so the rays pass through even more molecules and particles. This scatters the light even more, separating red, orange and yellow from the white light. The more particles, the more scattering.


I hope this helps :)

Answer 2

molecules in the air do scatter blue light more strongly than red light. This means that white sunlight has its blue components scattered to the side while its red components keep traveling straight. White sunlight bathes the atmosphere of the earth. The sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue to your eyes more than they scatter red.

Answer 3

Sky is not blue at all. It is only delusion to our eyes. Even sea water looks blue, but it is white. & so is the sky

Answer 4

in all colors in the atmosphere the wave length of the color blue is the the shortest.

Answer 5

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it's a common question asked

Answer 6

from the reflection from the ocean

Answer 7

i thought otherwise, but try this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_is_the_sky_blue%3F