Why is the Sky Blue?

http://www.discoverynews.com Why is the sky blue, it sounds so basic, but do you know the answer? Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out.

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• why? Tell me why
• why is the sky blue
• nature
• environment
• mystery
• kasey-dee gardner

[4evaramos]

Its Blue Because Chuck Norris Says Its Blue..

[ghuegel]

@BlackPuma51 The color we *see* of an object depends on what colors the object absorbs and what colors it reflects. So, an object you see as red reflects red light but absorbs all the other colors.

The color an object "really is" depends on your definition of "really is", but it only makes sense to say an object is the color we perceive it to be - so grass is green.

[Gaetumrex]

Does anyone know or can hazard a guess about how many %'s of the sky is illuminated by the sun at any 1 time ?

[Infantrybc55]

Why is the sky blue???

Cause God loves the infantry!!

[quinn0514]

my friggen teacher said the damn sky is blue cause is scatters?? wtf

[cyberyamazaki]

yeah, but where the sky ends, endless darkness begins in its most literate sense, so we're all fucked anyways.

[Techwarrior300]

@tysonkoolbreeze jackson is dead

[Understikoppen]

My shirt ain't frikken red....

[mrcalarsenal]

Sounds a very simple question - this is not meant to sound big--headed but we've only just covered it in the third year of a Physics degree so the answer is NOT simple!