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MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 weeks agoWow, wrong, Do some research, but I will help if needed (seriously, DM me or whatever) but why not do it publicly, You’re asking the right questions and that counts for a lot.
Reflecting the ocean is not a thing, but rayleigh scattering is a real reason for blue sky.
Science rocks.
isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Deeper, I would simply say that the sky is blue because air is blue. You cite Rayleigh scattering, but you’re just describing how light interacts with air. The only reason any material has any color is because how it interacts with light.
Air is blue. You can explain its blueness just like you can the physics origin of any other object’s color. But ultimately the sky is blue because air is blue.
ech@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Steve Mould has a great video digging into why things look white: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gug67f1_8jM
Probably not strictly translatable to all other colors, but a helpful illustration of how color is how objects intact with light, not inherent properties of the object itself.