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Article #1307Re: Blue Sky
From: Matthew J. Bernhardt
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:54
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:54
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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. On Mars, the atmosphere is different, and acts to produce a pink sky. No doubt the quantum mechanical justification of this phenomenon is forthcoming... -- Matt Bernhardt University of Buffalo THIS SPACE FOR RENT. mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu
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