As sunlight passes through our atmosphere, its energy becomes scattered in various directions. Shorter wavelength light waves such as blue tend to disperse more widely than their red counterparts. John Tyndall and later Lord Rayleigh helped reveal why the sky appears blue. What is the colour of the sky? Rayleigh scattering is responsible for creating…
Have you noticed how the sky is an endless sea of blue? Closer to the sun, its hue becomes lighter while moving further from it. Light travelling through Earth’s atmosphere collides with molecules and particles such as oxygen and nitrogen, scattering light in various directions. Shorter wavelengths like blue are scattered more than longer ones…
As sunlight enters Earth’s atmosphere, it interacts with dust particles, water droplets and gas molecules in its path to scatter all colours of light – though blue light tends to be dispersed more widely due to having shorter wavelengths; thus creating the characteristic blue hue we associate with skies. Learn about sky-blue such as its…
Today’s lunar eclipse will give rise to what some are calling a “blood moon.” Actually it is just a lunar eclipse. Lunar eclipses occur whenever Earth passes between the sun and moon and casts its shadow onto it, or when there is a total lunar eclipse with a supermoon. A blood moon occurs when this…
The Sky Blue Octane car is an effective way to express yourself while playing Rocket League, with its simple dragon fire design making it standout on the field. As with any vehicle body, its value can fluctuate based on what color it’s painted in – therefore it’s essential to be informed of its current Rocket…
As soon as light enters the atmosphere, it becomes scattered in all directions by oxygen and nitrogen molecules. Due to their natural resonance frequency being closer to blue wavelengths than reddish hues, blue light becomes more readily dispersed throughout the sky than its counterparts. So that is why the sky appears as an intense blue…
People have long been afraid that seeing a red Moon signals the start of an imminent catastrophe, yet this phenomenon simply results from passing through Earth’s umbra (shadow). Umbral light passes through Earth’s gaseous atmosphere and is scattered in green and violet wavelengths that combine into coppery red hues, giving an overall coppery red tint….
Minnesota is well known for its rugged pine forests, beautiful lakes, and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Minnesota was also popular in the 1950s and 60s because it was home to an iconic cartoon bear who would appear in beer commercials set to drumbeat music. VocalEssence’s album featuring works by Dominick Argento, Libby Larsen and…
Astronomers have long known that Saturn’s iconic rings are gradually dissolving, potentially within 100 million years. Recent research based on data collected by NASA’s Cassini probe indicates this trend is occurring even faster than predicted. What happens if Saturn loses its rings? What are the rings made of? Saturn’s rings are composed of rock, ice…
