a really dumb question

[garrendesares]

what color is the sky?

[Stark]

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html

[luffy4]

we need a spam lounge lol

[Slacker Magician]

we need a spam lounge lol

That's what this section is for .

[luffy4]

true but in a spam loung you can make a post thet simply says "hi" but in f4a it would get closed

[Slacker Magician]

true but in a spam loung you can make a post thet simply says "hi" but in f4a it would get closed

This works well enough I think, The Hangout is for all the pointless stuff . EP is the most laid back forum I've ever been on, you'd never see a section like this on another board .

[luffy4]

i think i did once but the hell if i remember where

[Mistral]

Alright, I'll bite.

Air is nominally translucent, but even with its low density, across sufficiently large distances, light scattering becomes significant. As in a prism, photons are deflected by varying amounts depending on their energy state - lower-energy photons are not deflected off the mean velocity profile as far as higher-energy photons are. Pursuant to this, the greatest amount of scattering occurs in upper spectrum of visible light: blue and violet. In addition to scattering, atoms in the atmosphere also absorb light at specific frequencies. For example, ozone (O3) absorbs significant amounts of high-energy photons, most famously X-Rays and gamma rays, but also ultraviolet wavelengths; nitrogen is similar. In addition to this, water vapour and carbon dioxide absorb significant amounts of infrared radiation. Due to this absorption, the dominant wavelength for the visible sky during most of the day is blue. The only exceptions to this are at sunrise and sunset, and during overcast weather where there is no direct sunlight. During sunrise and sunset, due to the position of the sun relative to the visible sky, solar light enters the atmosphere at a tangental vector with respect to the atmosphere and earth's surface. The increased distance the light must travel through the atmosphere therefore causes higher-energy photons to be scattered out, leaving only the lower-energy photons to reach the eye. When there is no direct sunlight, and indirect sunlight is still present, the light that reaches the surface is largely diffuse, leading to a color-neutral tone and the "gloomy" feeling of a grey sky.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

EDIT:

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html

Cheater.

[Jazzmarazz]

Alright, I'll bite.

Air is nominally translucent, but even with its low density, across sufficiently large distances, light scattering becomes significant. As in a prism, photons are deflected by varying amounts depending on their energy state - lower-energy photons are not deflected off the mean velocity profile as far as higher-energy photons are. Pursuant to this, the greatest amount of scattering occurs in upper spectrum of visible light: blue and violet. In addition to scattering, atoms in the atmosphere also absorb light at specific frequencies. For example, ozone (O3) absorbs significant amounts of high-energy photons, most famously X-Rays and gamma rays, but also ultraviolet wavelengths; nitrogen is similar. In addition to this, water vapour and carbon dioxide absorb significant amounts of infrared radiation. Due to this absorption, the dominant wavelength for the visible sky during most of the day is blue. The only exceptions to this are at sunrise and sunset, and during overcast weather where there is no direct sunlight. During sunrise and sunset, due to the position of the sun relative to the visible sky, solar light enters the atmosphere at a tangental vector with respect to the atmosphere and earth's surface. The increased distance the light must travel through the atmosphere therefore causes higher-energy photons to be scattered out, leaving only the lower-energy photons to reach the eye. When there is no direct sunlight, and indirect sunlight is still present, the light that reaches the surface is largely diffuse, leading to a color-neutral tone and the "gloomy" feeling of a grey sky.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

EDIT:


Cheater.

And knowledge is power!

[luffy4]

"the more you know" unless your peter griffin...

[Jazzmarazz]

Those quotes aren't from family guy.

[luffy4]

nope, rescue heroes, but it was parodied on family guy

[garrendesares]

the ozone layer is blue, space is black because of absense of color which means the sky is colorless and seethrough, if it was blue we wouldnt be able to see land or water from space, just a blue atmosphere.

[Jazzmarazz]

Rescue Heroes, Really!?

[Mistral]

nope, rescue heroes, but it was parodied on family guy

Really? I was thinking G.I. Joe. Of course, the only reason I knew about was because of an OOTS parody, too, but...