Is the sky blue?


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The sky does appear blue.The blueness you see everywhere else is all of the atoms in the atmosphere scattering blue light... ChaCha 24/7!

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A scientist would say Yes (unless it's nighttime--used as a sarcastic response ("rhetorical affirmation") to a question to which the answer is obviously "yes"). Src: Wolfram|Alpha

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The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass through. Blue has the shortest wavelength, and reaches the human eye, versus all other colors present in the sky.

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On a clear sunny day, the sky above us looks bright blue. In the evening, the sunset puts on a show of reds, pinks and oranges.

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The sky is blue because of the way the Earth's atmosphere scatters light from the sun and reflects the oceans and water! ChaCha!

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The sky does appear to be blue due to blue light that is radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky.

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Yes, The sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. ChaCha Again!

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