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…
Mercury is an extremely toxic neurotoxin. As fish consume it, bacteria convert it to methylmercury which has the ability to affect fetal brain development as well as increase heart disease risk. Tuna is an herbivorous predator, feeding off of smaller fish and marine plankton that all contain trace amounts of mercury. At Wild Planet, we…
Moms provide unconditional care for their children – from cooking meals, cleaning the house, taxiing them around and many other duties to looking at themselves with both pride and sadness when viewing dark circles or their own weight changes. “Why is the sky blue?” Her children stare up with wide-eyed curiosity as they ask her…
The sky’s distinctive blue hue results from scattered sunlight. When sunlight strikes atmospheric particles such as nitrogen and oxygen molecules, their molecules scatter it with more blue wavelengths. Blue wavelengths tend to scatter more easily than red ones; this phenomenon is known as Rayleigh scattering. The Sun The Sun is responsible for giving the sky…
Are You Wondering Why the Sky Is Blue? (Ps. 417)? : Many have pondered this question since mankind first explored space. As light enters the atmosphere, it interacts with air molecules primarily composed of nitrogen and oxygen atoms that scatter its various wavelengths; this allows blue light waves to travel further than others. It’s a…
Sky color can be determined by various factors; however, all this starts with visible light physics. As sunlight travels through Earth’s atmosphere, its light is scattered by nitrogen and oxygen molecules – with blue wavelengths being particularly dispersed, making the sky appear bluer than it would otherwise. Rayleigh Scattering The sky is blue because light…
Mission Operations Center staff watched with excitement as a dot on the screen gradually expanded into an unmistakably spherical, boulder-covered space rock. Engineers quickly announced “this is nominal”, an aerospace engineering term meaning everything had gone as planned. DART was built for this momentous occasion – to demonstrate technology that could one day shield Earth…
The sky is blue because when light travels through our atmosphere it gets scattered by molecules in the air; blue wavelengths tend to get scattered more than violet ones. This song reminds us to remain hopeful even during difficult times, knowing that things will eventually improve. The sun will continue to shine and things will…
The sky is blue due to small molecules in the atmosphere scattering shorter wavelengths more effectively, known as Rayleigh scattering. As sunlight hits clouds, its light is scattered by larger water droplets or ice crystals which scatter all colors equally so white light remains visible. Light tends to travel upwards or to the sides, creating…
