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>In sci.physics, andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt) writes:
>
>    Why is the sky blue?


I'm not a physicist, but I am aware of the traditional Rayleigh scattering
theory.  My question to the experimentalists out there is the following:

Has anybody ever checked on the quantitative contribution to the blue
color in the sky due to the effect of ozone?  My CRC tells me that ozone
is a bluish gas, and you'd think that just as with a bluish lens, the 
light coming through would be slightly blue, so a bluish gas would make
the light coming through slightly blue, wouldn't it?  Of course, the key
is the amount contributed by scattering versus the amount contributed
by ozone.  Since the ozone layer is so thin, maybe its effect on the
blue sky is completely negligible (8 orders of magnitude down maybe).
But it would be kind of fun if ozone actually played a more important
quantitative factor.  I'm afraid I don't have time to pursue this question,
but if anyone else has ever heard or thought of this hypothesis, how
about replying?

Thanks,

Alexander Anger