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The first steps towards correctly explaining the colour of the sky were taken by John Tyndall in 1859. He discovered that when light passes through a clear fluid holding small particles in suspension, the shorter blue wavelengths are scattered more strongly than the red. This can be demonstrated by shining a beam of white light through a tank of water with a little milk or soap mixed in. From the side, the beam can be seen by the blue light it scatters; but the light seen directly from the end is reddened after it has passed through the tank. The scattered light can also be shown to be polarised using a filter of polarised light, just as the sky appears a deeper blue through polaroid sun glasses. This is most correctly called the Tyndall effect, but it is more commonly known to physicists as Rayleigh scattering--after Lord Rayleigh, who studied it in more detail a few years later. He showed that the amount of light scattered is inversely proportional to the fourth power of wavelength for sufficiently small particles. It follows that blue light is scattered more than red light by a factor of (700/400)4 ~= 10.
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What are solid white flakes of water that fall from the sky are known as?
Solid white flakes of water that fall from the sky are known as snow. Snow forms when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into ice crystals and falls to the ground.
What does the metaphor the white clouds were?
The metaphor "the white clouds were cotton candy in the sky" suggests that the clouds were fluffy and reminiscent of the sweet, airy texture of cotton candy. It creates a vivid image of lightness and softness in the sky.
A blizzard under blue sky?
A blue sky during a blizzard is not unusual. The sun can still shine through the clouds and blue sky can be visible during a snowstorm. This can create a striking contrast between the white snowfall and the bright blue sky.
Why do in summer sky looks WHITE in colour?
In summer, the sky appears white due to the increased scattering of sunlight by particles and molecules in the Earth's atmosphere. This scattering scatters all wavelengths of light equally, creating a white appearance. Additionally, during midday, the sunlight passes through a shorter path in the atmosphere, causing blue light to scatter more than red and green light, which also contributes to the white sky appearance.
What color is Earth when you look at it from space?
The 'sky' in space is an inky blackness. The sky as we know it is not seen from space as it is just the way light refracts in our atmosphere. Looking down at the earth from space, you cannot see the blue sky, only clouds, land and water. == ==
Why the sky are white?
Sometimes when the sky and storm are many in the sky, the sky will look a kind of white.
When was White Sky created?
White Sky was created in 1981-05.
When was White Sky - song - created?
White Sky - song - was created in 2009.
How do you say 'white' in Swedish?
White is 'vit'
When was White Music - Crack the Sky album - created?
White Music - Crack the Sky album - was created in 1980.
What colors do you mix to get sky blue?
usually to get sky blue ... you mix blue and white. like how you mix red and white for pink, you mix a color with white to get the lighter version of the color. hope i helped!
Clear white sky will it snow?
no
What is white and falls from the sky?
snow
is the sky rarely blue?
yes, the sky is light blue. & the clouds are white
What are those white things at night in the sky?
Those white things in the sky happen to be stars which are balls of gasses, or they could be planets.
What color would the sky be if it were to be cloudy?
depends on what kind of clouds, if it were white clouds the sky would be white. if it were grey clouds it would be grey
What color are the clouds in the sky?
The color of clouds in the sky can vary, but they are typically white or gray.
