So, the sky is blue because blue color from the sunlight gets scattered the most during the day. But what about other colors? do they pass through the atmosphere or bounce off? if they pass through the atmostphere, then why don't we see them?
And another question about the blue color. The reason the blue color gets scattered the most is because it has a shorter wavelength? why? why do blue get scattered the most just because it has a shorter wavelength? Is it because that's just how nature works or is there reason for it?
2007-07-01 12:14:34 · 9 answers · asked by 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
All colors of the spectrum are scattered and all colors are transmitted through the atmosphere. It's just that the wavelengths in the blue range are scattered more than the wavelengths in other parts of the spectrum. The reason we see the blue is that there is just more blue than anything else. If you mix all the colors of light you get white light, so what you really have is white with a little more blue in it than the other colors. Incidentally, the blue scattering is one of the reasons that the sunlight is a little on the yellow side, especially at sunset or sunrise. You remember seeing how yellow the sun looks coming up or setting. The light is lacking a little bit of blue when it gets to your eyes. And the reason that blue is scattered more is simply that the particles in the atmosphere are the right size to reflect blue better than other colors of the spectrum.
2007-07-01 12:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by William D 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Sky Is Blue! This is explained by the Rayleigh Scattering Effect. If you would like more info I looked up a sight for you: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.html
2007-07-01 12:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Photoguy07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mie plus Rayleigh scattering.
2007-07-01 12:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is using fact while the image voltaic enters the earth's ecosystem, it purely reflects especially the blue easy from the spectrum of the white easy, giving the sky a blue colour.
2016-11-07 21:38:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sky is not blue. The oceans are not blue. It's all in how our eyes and minds perceive them. You've almost got it. Keep trying. I'm not gonna' do your homework for you.
2007-07-01 12:28:16 · answer #5 · answered by chilicooker_mkb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Question for you: How do we know the sky really IS blue? Someone decided blue is what we would call that color. What if they were wrong? What if they had decided that color would be called orange?
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2007-07-01 12:20:56 · answer #6 · answered by claudiacake 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
the sky is blue cuz the other colors were taken
brown for mud
green for plants
yellow/orange for bananas and carrots
white for clouds
so the sky took blue
2007-07-01 12:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by buy my llama costs $1 1 · 5⤊ 4⤋
cuz blue rocks
2007-07-01 12:20:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It might be blue because of space?The clouds might filter the black space and turn it light blue.
2007-07-01 12:19:36 · answer #9 · answered by parth_patel_95 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋