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- From: knapp@spot.Colorado.EDU (David Knapp)
- Subject: Re: Blue Sky
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.210724.11055@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <1099@kepler1.rentec.com> <BrrMJB.Brv@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Jul22.121947.12108@aoa.aoa.utc.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:07:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.121947.12108@aoa.aoa.utc.com> carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft) writes:
- >In article <BrrMJB.Brv@acsu.buffalo.edu> mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu (Matthew J. Bernhardt) writes:
- >>andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt) writes:
- >>>Why is the sky blue?
- >> I'll bite. The composition of the Earth's atmosphere (four fifths
- >>nitrogen, one fifth oxygen) is such that incoming light is refracted to make
- >>the sky appear blue.
- >x
- >Get real. It's Rayleigh scattering.
- >Short answer: this means particle scattering is related to wavelength,
- >and shortwave, i.e. blue, scatters more. Hence blue sky.
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- Get real yourself! You didn't even bother to mention if it was stokes
- or anti-stokes!
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- David Knapp University of Colorado, Boulder
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