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In article <616@highett.mel.dbce.csiro.au>, steveo@mel.dbce.csiro.au (Stephen Oakes) writes:
|> Why does the sky appear blue?  I have heard that it is because water
|> particles (or perhaps "air particles") have a slightly bluish tinge.
|> More importantly, if it were not so, what would we see when we look
|> skywards?
|> 
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|> | Stephen Oakes      CSIRO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering |
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Sorry - I can't  help myself.

My favorite explanation came from Judge Harry on NightCourt:

"if the sky was green then you wouldn't be able to tell where the
horizon ended and the sky begins"

		jc

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