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Re: Why the sky is blue
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:21:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> "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. Yes, the explanation was simplified, but go out on a
> gray day and look at the ocean.
I've done so on many occasions, seriously trying to answer this very question
(is the ocean blue, or is it reflecting the sky?) for myself. One tends to do
this sort of thing when studying atmospheric science at the graduate level.
There are plenty of grey days in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I lived and
studied for two years. Even on the darkest, greyest days, it still
appeared to be a very dark blue. I'll check again when I'm on vacation. I'm
always guaranteed to have grey days when I'm on vacation.
Jeff J
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| (...) "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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