Saturday, February 14, 2015

Why Is the Sky Blue?



By: Tsegazeab Beteselassie


Why Is the Sky Blue?
Source: gizmodo.com
    Why is the sky blue? I'm pretty sure that when you were a child,you asked your parents that (I certainly did). And maybe they muttered something about the refraction of light and prisms and the colors of the rainbow. And when you searched it on Google, you got the exact same thing. You probably didn't, but still. And just maybe, you are still wondering why the sky is blue and not a different color. So you went to my blog to find out the answer. And so, now you want to know why it's blue. So, instead of wasting your time, I'll tell you right away. The light bounces off the air molecules and produce a visible effect of a multitude of colors, but since the blue light's wavelength is shorter than the others, then it'll scatter by a complex formula that goes like:
Or something like it. Didn't understand that? Time to go into deeper explanation.