2007-06-06 21:05:49 · 11 answers · asked by travontae r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
it the reflection from the oceans and other large bodies of water. the blue tint also comes from light being filtered through a very thin part of the outer atmosphere.
2007-06-06 21:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
First of all the sky cannot reflect bodies of water. The water is the one reflecting the sky.
Scattering makes the sky blue. Light with shorter wavelengths is scattered more than light with longer wavelengths. Sunlight is made up of many different colors of light, but blue light (which has a very short wavelength) is scattered more than any other color. so when you look at the sky, you see a backround of blue light.
2007-06-07 04:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by Marisol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ordinary light is made up of seven colors. We see each of these colors only if they are reflected by something or split off in some other way. For example, leaves reflects green light and absorbs all other colors. Black absorbs all the the colors. White reflects all of them. When sunlight hits earth atmosphere, blue light is scattered by the air and it appears that the sky is blue.
2007-06-07 04:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because of ozone.
notice when you look straight up on a clear day the sky is a deeper blue than it is on the horizon? When u look up your seeing the ozone particles closer together so it's deeper. When you look to the horizon, you're seeing a broader cross section of the sky and the particles are further apart, so you see it as a lighter blue
2007-06-07 08:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by deepazure 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It looks blue but is not the infinite is black where light cannot reach so light appears blue as result of back ground.
2007-06-07 04:09:34 · answer #5 · answered by Inuk-man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of scattering.
scattering depands on the wavelength of colour.
If the wavelength of colour is less,it scatters more.
the wavelength of colour blue is very less,So it scatters the most.
Sooooooooooo,the sky is blue.
2007-06-07 04:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A combination of Releigh and Mei scattering produces the colors you see in gh te atmosphere.
2007-06-07 09:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by parrothead_usn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is diffused by molecules in the atmosphere.
The amount of diffusion is inversly proportional to (wavelegth)^4
So, blue which has as small wavelength is more diffuse than other colors
2007-06-07 04:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just asked my mom this question now, and she said "i looks like it has some reason for that."
sorry, don't know:P
2007-06-07 04:10:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
our watery masses are prisms that reflect sunlight.
2007-06-07 11:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by David 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋