Is there a scientific explanation for why the sky is blue?

Question

This might seem like a dumb question, but there has to be some kind of science behind it.

Answer 1

YES

Answer 2

It's the ocean. It reflects off of the atmosphere making the sky blue.

Answer 3

Of course there is.

And no, it's not the ocean's reflection.

Answer 4

The answer is because the reflection of all the oceans and stuff.

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Answer 5

As far as I know its the colour god painted his walls

Answer 6

In case you just don't want to read, the short answer is Blue is the highest frequency of light that can make it through the atmosphere and still easily be seen.

Think of it this way: The sky is a giant prism. Blue makes it the farthest after being shot through a prism. Red the shortest distance. That's why when you SCUBA dive after 30ft. you lose red from the spectrum.

Answer 7

because god loves the army sir ! ! !

Answer 8

Yes, there is.

The molecules in our atmosphere break and bend light (technical term: refract) in an effect called "Rayleigh Scattering."

Read more here:

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blu...

Answer 9

blue is the the color in the rainbow that comes out the most when the sun is shining throw it. Its wavelenght is the lowest, so you see it.

Answer 10

It isn't because it reflects off of the ocean (the ocean reflects off of the sky).  Blue is the slowest colour in light (the light is made of all the colours in the rainbow and they each have their own speed).  Also the light bends a little.

Answer 11

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blu...

Answer 12

gas, light,

Answer 13

yea there is but i wish it  was green cause i like that color lol !

Answer 14

yes, smaller particles such as nitrogen and oxygen which are abundant in our atomphere,they scatter high frequencies of light such as blue and violet.

Answer 15

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Ge...