Hey round earthers, explain why the sky is blue. You can't

Why is the sky blue?

According to your very own faked images (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/earth_1_apollo17.gif) what we should be looking up at is pure blackness, or during the daytime blackness with a circle of light (the sun)

Earth as a globe would cause the sky to be a mix of black/yellow given the colors of our so-called solar system, NOT blue.

A blue sky can ONLY EXIST on a flat earth. The blue comes from our oceans reflecting off the star plane

The sky is blue because if it was green we wouldn't know where to stop mowing.

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.

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.

Are you implying that air... reflects light?

Come on. Seriously?

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:24:43 PM

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.

Are you implying that air... reflects light?

Come on. Seriously?

Well light travels in waves.  And these waves have the colors of the spectrum you see this when you see a rainbow. The other colors of the rainbow scatter apart further than the blue which stays closer together. Which is why the sky appears blue.

Quote from: icedragon136 on May 25, 2009, 03:25:49 PM

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:24:43 PM

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.

Are you implying that air... reflects light?

Come on. Seriously?

Well light travels in waves.  And these waves have the colors of the spectrum you see this when you see a rainbow. The other colors of the rainbow scatter apart further than the blue which stays closer together. Which is why the sky appears blue.

Why aren't all the stars blue then?

Do any of you guys know where go get some crack in Helena, Montana?

Quote from: icedragon136 on May 25, 2009, 03:25:49 PM

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:24:43 PM

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.

Are you implying that air... reflects light?

Come on. Seriously?

Well light travels in waves.  And these waves have the colors of the spectrum you see this when you see a rainbow. The other colors of the rainbow scatter apart further than the blue which stays closer together. Which is why the sky appears blue.

Try a little experiment: Go outside at like 10 in the morning, and look all around (not just near the sun). You'll find the entire sky is blue. If it were simple refraction you'd find the blueness tapers off the farther you get from the sun, because it's the single light source.

The first thing to recognize is that the sun is an extremely bright source of light -- much brighter than the moon. The second thing to recognize is that the atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere have an effect on the sunlight that passes through them.

There is a physical phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering that causes light to scatter when it p?asses through particles that have a diameter one-tenth that of the wavelength (color) of the light. Sunlight is made up of all different colors of light, but because of the elements in the atmosphere the color blue is scattered much more efficiently than the other colors.

When you look at the sky on a clear day, you can see the sun as a bright disk. The blueness you see everywhere else is all of the atoms in the atmosphere scattering blue light toward you. Because red light, yellow light, green light and the other colors aren't scattered nearly as well, you see the sky  as blue.

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:31:02 PM

Quote from: icedragon136 on May 25, 2009, 03:25:49 PM

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:24:43 PM

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.

Are you implying that air... reflects light?

Come on. Seriously?

Well light travels in waves.  And these waves have the colors of the spectrum you see this when you see a rainbow. The other colors of the rainbow scatter apart further than the blue which stays closer together. Which is why the sky appears blue.

Try a little experiment: Go outside at like 10 in the morning, and look all around (not just near the sun). You'll find the entire sky is blue. If it were simple refraction you'd find the blueness tapers off the farther you get from the sun, because it's the single light source.

Yes that is why the sky is bluer the closer to the ground and is paler at the top of the sky.

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:31:02 PM

Quote from: icedragon136 on May 25, 2009, 03:25:49 PM

Quote from: Phantom071494 on May 25, 2009, 03:24:43 PM

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.

Are you implying that air... reflects light?

Come on. Seriously?

Well light travels in waves.  And these waves have the colors of the spectrum you see this when you see a rainbow. The other colors of the rainbow scatter apart further than the blue which stays closer together. Which is why the sky appears blue.

Why aren't all the stars blue then?

All stars aren't blue because the effect takes place near the suface of the earth not right at the sun.

Why is the sky blue?

According to your very own faked images (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/earth_1_apollo17.gif) what we should be looking up at is pure blackness, or during the daytime blackness with a circle of light (the sun)

Earth as a globe would cause the sky to be a mix of black/yellow given the colors of our so-called solar system, NOT blue.

A blue sky can ONLY EXIST on a flat earth. The blue comes from our oceans reflecting off the star plane

Darn, he's got us guys, time to stop pretending.

because of a few things, 1; the atmosphere blocks certain light spectrum's
 violet and blue have the highest frequency, and lowest wave length so they are more susceptible to being reflected and held back by the atmosphere.
sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum#Spectral_colors

The sky is blue because if it was green we wouldn't know where to stop mowing.

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Why is the sky blue?

According to your very own faked images (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/earth_1_apollo17.gif) what we should be looking up at is pure blackness, or during the daytime blackness with a circle of light (the sun)

Earth as a globe would cause the sky to be a mix of black/yellow given the colors of our so-called solar system, NOT blue.

A blue sky can ONLY EXIST on a flat earth. The blue comes from our oceans reflecting off the star plane

oh...

which red ocean is it reflecting off during dusk and dawn?

Take a look at this image, it diagrams why the sky is blue, in relativity to the earth being flat.
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Enjoy your ban.

Quote from: icedragon136 on May 25, 2009, 02:49:44 PM

Why is the sky blue?

According to your very own faked images (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/earth_1_apollo17.gif) what we should be looking up at is pure blackness, or during the daytime blackness with a circle of light (the sun)

Earth as a globe would cause the sky to be a mix of black/yellow given the colors of our so-called solar system, NOT blue.

A blue sky can ONLY EXIST on a flat earth. The blue comes from our oceans reflecting off the star plane

oh...

which red ocean is it reflecting off during dusk and dawn?

If you really need me to do your basic analytical thinking for you... here goes:

Light reflects off the star plane, so when the sun is at its highest angle over your part of Earth the oceans are illuminated and reflected back to you. When the sun moves to another part of FE it reflects off the star plane at an angle and illuminates it with sunlight itself rather than oceanic reflection causing the reddish glow.

Think of it as a curved semi-mirror.

Atmospheric refraction is retarded. You can have your limitless radar or your atmosphere, Roundies. You can't have it both ways. 

Rayleigh scattering is an observed effect, and easily explains why we see the sky as blue.  It is similar (if not the same effect) as to why the sea also seems blue when you are underwater.  The Blue and Violet wavelengths are less prone to be absorbed by surrounding molecules.

If you really need me to do your basic analytical thinking for you... here goes:

Light reflects off the star plane, so when the sun is at its highest angle over your part of Earth the oceans are illuminated and reflected back to you. When the sun moves to another part of FE it reflects off the star plane at an angle and illuminates it with sunlight itself rather than oceanic reflection causing the reddish glow.

Think of it as a curved semi-mirror.

Atmospheric refraction is retarded. You can have your limitless radar or your atmosphere, Roundies. You can't have it both ways.  

so what you are saying then, is that the starplane is a uniformly reflective plane?

what is it composed of? why isn't the underside of clouds blue instead of white?

why aren't there localized variances in color? parts of the sky should appear brown or green. especially over the centre of continents.

at sufficiently high altitudes, why does the sky above become black with the blue below? are the planes above the star plane? what is it composed of? why don't the planes get damaged by it?

HA!  This thread makes an excellent point.

HA!  This thread makes an excellent point.

I know.  Everybody needs to know that if the sky was green instead of blue, we just wouldn't know where to stop mowing!

The rest of the thread is essentially irrelevant.

no one thought ur joke was funny the first time.

Quote from: WLO on May 26, 2009, 06:04:26 PM

HA!  This thread makes an excellent point.

I know.  Everybody needs to know that if the sky was green instead of blue, we just wouldn't know where to stop mowing!

The rest of the thread is essentially irrelevant.

Your not funny stop trying to act cool in front of a bunch of 6 year old retards at their mothers computers!

no one thought ur joke was funny the first time.

What joke?

no one thought ur joke was funny the first time.

Cut him some slack. He is going through hard times right now, gotit?

And apperently the sky is a one-way mirror that reflects the oceans but not the sun....hmmmm.

the sky is blue because water particles reflect blue light, the ocean is blue because it is a relection of the the sky.