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A bit of background: The white light from the sun is a mixture of all colours of the spectrum. Each colour of light ahas a wavelengths. The visible part of the spectrum ranges from red light (wavelength =720 nm), to violet (wavelength =380 nm), with orange, yellow, green, blue and indigo between. The human eye reacts most strongly to strongly to red, green and blue wavelengths. This gives us colour vision. The explanation: Light passing through a clear fluid with suspended particles is scattered. Some wavelengths like blue are scattered more strongly. The first person to notice this and experiment with it was John Tyndall in 1859. So he got to mane the effect the Tyndall Effect. He made three important observations: * From the side, (the way we see most of the sunlight in the sky) the beam can be seen by the blue light it scatters * The light seen directly at the end (looking towards the source) is red. This is the way we see the sunlight at sunset
* The scattered light is polarized. This is why polarized sun glasses make some parts of the sky seem darker.
Some early researchers (Tyndall and Rayleigh) thought that the blue colour of the sky must be due to small particles of dust and droplets of water vapour in the sky. Later scientist discounted this and proposed that oxygen and nitrogen molecules are the cause of the scattering.
In 1911 Einstein did the math to prove that the molecules could cause the scattering. Technically the molecules scatter light because the electromagnetic field of the light waves induces electric dipole moments in the O2 and N2 molecules,
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Why does earth look like a blue marble?
because most of the earth's surface is covered by water, so from space it looks blue.
Why does planet earth look blue from outer space?
The Earth is blue because the O-zone layer is blue and creates the dominant color in the earth's atmosphere so that even from space the earth appears blue
What color is shown the most on a globe of the world and why?
blue because it is all you can see when you look at a map
Why is the sky blue in a funny way?
It is blue due to scattering in the Earth's atmosphere. It may look funny due to impurities or pollution in the atmosphere.
What do skies tend to look like in high pressure areas?
Blue, with small puffy clouds (if any).
What colour would blue look in blue light?
It would still look blue :)
Does a beam of light disperse through a hollow prism?
Not much because the light has to travel a distance in the medium with a different refractive index in order for the dispersion to become obvious. If you look very closely you will see some dispersion but it may be microscopic.
What does the colour blue look like?
it will look like the color blue.
What does the color lucis blue look like?
it look like a light blue witha ski blue
Why does something blue look blue in white light?
well, it is blue, so i guess it will look blue in white light. right?
How do Vishnu look physically?
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Is blue whale blue in colour?
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What do blue snails look like?
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The sun.
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It depend on the way that you look at the play
On the moon would the sky look blue or black?
On the moon the sky will look blue.
What do blue fingernails look like?
Blue fingernails should look fungi infection
