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ManavT: 11 months ago via iPhone

Why is the sky blue?

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Willowleaf: 11 months ago

Nine answers and only one is correct, sad. It was pretty much said, but I'll elaborate; when the sun's light enters our atmosphere it collides with air molecules, which because of their size, mostly adsorb short-wave length light such as red and green. What is left over is the long-wave length blue light. This is consequently why plant leaves are often green and red but never blue, they are trying to get the most common wave length to be adsorbed.

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PeaceAndLove12: 11 months ago

Didn't you just ask that question? Or was that someone else?

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MisiaCoco: 11 months ago | Last edited at 9:53PM on 7/30/2012

Because the universe didn't like pink
(idk really, Google it maybe?)

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MrREC: 11 months ago

Sunlight is refracted off of ice crystals in the atmosphere causing it to appear in the blue light spectrum.

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roxy_girl07: 11 months ago via iPhone

Reflection of the ocean to the sky gives it it's color

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MisiaCoco: 11 months ago

No, water is clear. The sky makes the ocean blue, not the other way around.

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JDLover: 11 months ago via iPhone

Why is water wet....?!

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JohnnyFrobby: 11 months ago | Last edited at 10:04PM on 7/30/2012

The color of water molecules is what I always thought. Because you know.. Water evaporates into clouds, wait.. Then why are clouds white? Clouds aren't the sky.. Maybe the sun reflects off of something to cause it to be blue. And now, I'm lost and don't know what else to say but think about what I just said and find an answer.

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meganwilliams: 11 months ago

Why is the ground hard?

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integer: 11 months ago

Rayleigh scattering affects shorter wavelengths more than longer ones.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering#Reason_for_the_blue_color_of_the_sky

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