• Question: why is the sky blue

    Asked by gabz123cool to Samantha, Ellie, Darren, Catherine, Andres on 9 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Samantha Watson

      Samantha Watson answered on 9 Nov 2016:

      Molecules in the atmosphere scatter light coming from the sun, with the different colours that make up white light getting scattered different amounts. The blue light is scattered more and that’s what we see.

    • Photo: Andres Olivares del Campo

      Andres Olivares del Campo answered on 9 Nov 2016:

      Exactly what Sam Said! If you imagine the molecules in the atmosphere like a prism, which scatters light of all colours when white light goes through it. Now, if you imagine that white lights goes through the molecule (prism), and you get a tiny bit of red, some green but mostly blue, then, you end up seeing only blue. This is actually what happens!

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