Is the sky blue?

ManlyBanisters · 08-20-2007

They went on forever
And they -- when I
We lived in Arizona
And the skies always had little fluffy clouds
And they were long and clear
And there were lots of stars, at night
And when it rained it would all turn
It -- they were beautiful
The most beautiful skies as a matter of fact
The sunsets were purple and red
And yellow and on fire
And the clouds would catch the colors everywhere
That's -- it's neat
Because I used to look at them all the time
When I was little
You don't see that
You might still see them in the desert

findfirefox · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by homelessmandril

.....ahhhhhh, do you see?

I SEE!

homelessmandril · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by ManlyBanisters

They went on forever
And they -- when I
........
You might still see them in the desert

is that song by the Orb or something? haven't heard it in ages and have been meaning to find out about it, it's quite mellow....

36DD · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by Pecker

No, I don't think it's sad at all.

ManlyBanisters · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by homelessmandril

is that song by the Orb or something? haven't heard it in ages and have been meaning to find out about it, it's quite mellow....

YouTube - the orb - little fluffy clouds

A personal favourite of mine... Enjoy!

homelessmandril · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by ManlyBanisters

YouTube - the orb - little fluffy clouds

A personal favourite of mine... Enjoy!

ooo, thanks very much! love the video too, god bless 1990

AlteredEgo · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by findfirefox

Get over yourself.

Wow. I can only see what he writes when we quote him. Put him on ignore. I think he enjoys negative attention. We were having a good time discussion the issue and can continue so to do.

Make'nItLong · 08-20-2007

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Originally Posted by mercurialbliss

The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.

Or so I learned...

What mercurialbliss said...

b.c. · 08-20-2007

...sometimes....

rob_just_rob · 08-20-2007

I'll tell you when it stops being blocked out by alternating flights of flying pink elephants and a massive horde of ravens.

NineInchCock_160IQ · 08-20-2007

bliss already stole my answer, but I could also add some places I've lived recently the sky was more greyish-yellow most days.

huw ginnit · 08-21-2007

Grey grey grey.

or could it be GrAy????

I always wondered what kind of reactions teachers would give a child if it had been raised to think differently about colours..I'm colour blind, like 3/4 of the men here, and always thought why red was red and why, where the blueiness of blue came from and how it affected mood...when what I saw was RED or blue. Mum pointed to an orange, said orange cause it was the colour orange, my wellies were green I could see that, she'd told me so often enough, yet when I put on a green jumper, other people tell me it's brown.... Huh?

Mem · 08-21-2007

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Originally Posted by findfirefox

Get over yourself.

I got over myself. I was mistaken, I thought that your poll was meant to mock one of the other members here. I am glad that it was not. You must be a very nice guy.

Think_Kink · 08-21-2007

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Originally Posted by mercurialbliss

The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.

Or so I learned...

Thank you, and thank grade 12 Biology.

No_Strings · 08-21-2007

I fancied getting all philosophical in my answer, but no one else has so I feel it would be wasted.

Hmmph.

Is the sky blue?

They went on forever And they -- when I We lived in Arizona And the skies always had little fluffy clouds And they were long and clear And there were lots of stars, at night