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Subject:	Re: Why the sky is blue
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:09:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: > > Art 101: large bodies of water take on the color of the sky. If the sky is > gray, the water is gray, not blue. Lemme see.... > > http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Oceans.shtml > > Scroll down a bit - they even use the gray sky/gray water in the example. That is misinformation! Water DOES have an intrinsic blue colour: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~etrnsfer/water.htm http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolors/5.html http://www.serc.si.edu/water_quality/water_quality_html/water.htm "Enchanted Learning" indeed! However, I must apologise for my earlier starement that the bluish tinge of water is due to scattering. It is due to selective absorption (there's the absorption Bruce!) of red wavelengths. Boy is my face red. Jeff J

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		Re: Why the sky is blue
(...) "Why the ocean is blue" is not quite the same as the three sources you note, which all address "why water is blue". The phenomenom of the ocean taking on the color of the sky (in general) has been long observed and recorded by artists. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Why the sky is blue (was: Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda))
(...) Art 101: large bodies of water take on the color of the sky. If the sky is gray, the water is gray, not blue. Lemme see.... (URL) down a bit - they even use the gray sky/gray water in the example. Bruce (Arrr...rrrgh! I've become (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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