Have you ever looked up at a stunning blue sky and wondered why its hue was blue? That isn’t surprising as sky color results from complex interactions among air molecules. Simple explanation: Because oxygen and nitrogen molecules are significantly smaller than light wavelengths, they scatter it more strongly resulting in blue light being scattered more…
When sunlight hits the atmosphere it scatters. Blue wavelengths tend to disperse more quickly than any other colour; that’s why the sky looks bluer. At sunrise and sunset, when the Sun is low near the horizon, its light must travel further through the atmosphere before it can reach you. As such, shorter wavelengths such as…
Answering this question is more complex than simply saying it looks blue. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and is dispersed into all directions by air molecules; shorter wavelengths like blue light tend to be dispersed more strongly by these air molecules than longer ones such as UV. As such, this is why the sky appears…
If you grew up in Minnesota in the 50s or 60s, chances are you were familiar with Hamm’s bear and its memorable jingle. This cartoon character danced, got himself into mischief, sang about its refreshing beer from sky blue waters – becoming one of many memorable Minnesota jingles to become popular through television. Bora Bora…
As sunlight passes through the atmosphere, its wavelengths (color) are scattered by air molecules into all directions, with blue wavelengths being scattered more strongly than others – hence why the sky appears bluer. Atmospheric oxygen is provided to us by microbes known as cyanobacteria through photosynthesis; they produce water and carbon dioxide which plants turn…
Why Is The Sky Blue? Our atmosphere scatters light in all directions; air molecules and gases contribute to this scattering process, with blue becoming more often visible due to how light is scattered in this way than any other color. C. V. Raman provides us with this explanation in his excellent book entitled Why Does…
Ask any child what color the sky is and they are likely to say blue – however a clear midday sky doesn’t always appear so hued. As sunlight enters our atmosphere, it passes through gases such as nitrogen and oxygen that scatter light of all colors; blue light being spread far more than violet or…
The sky appears blue due to sunlight being scattered by gases and particles in the atmosphere, with blue wavelengths being scattered more readily than any other. At midday, when the sun is directly overhead, its light appears white. But during sunrise and sunset when more of its rays must travel through atmosphere layers to reach…
Celeste (Spanish: [the’leste, selest]) is a pale turquoise blue colour used widely as sky color. Two conventional hues known by this name: pure celeste as used for sky coloring and light sky blue which closely resembles its hex code but offers lighter hues are both known by this name. Argentina’s national color is red, and…
