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What makes the sky blue? I have been told it is the reflection of the sea, then when asking what makes the sea blue I have been told it is the reflection of the sky? So which one is blue and how does it all work?????

― davel, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Heavens. The sun's light (white) is refracted by the atmosphere. The chemical makeup of the atmosphere absorbs much more light at the red end of the spectrum, thus making us perceive the sky as blue.

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Of two things, one must always be the bluer..."
"But not of two bananas!"

― kate (kate), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The sky is blue ?!

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

There's not a cloud to spoil the view

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

and there's nothing you can do

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr Blue Sky by ELO. Conclusive proof that the sky is blue. Spaceship on the album cover too. Get in.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

At present around here, sky not blue.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

to quote the Honorable Judge Harry Stone, "...Because if it was green, we wouldn't know when to stop mowing our lawns"

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

so because the the sky is red, it's blue?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

so then why is the beach yellow?

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

it's where the wee washes up

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

science is fun!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Sky refracts light through bendy atmosphere, sea reflects sky.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America

Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of America

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

If not for the Blue Sea, there would be no U2.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, Horace, always the comedian.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh Sarah, always the U2 quoter.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

OH, Horace, always the copycat.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

SHUT IT, ALL OF YOU.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Kingfish = killjoy of this thread.

*hugs Sarah for posting "Bullet The Blue Sky" lyrics*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 30 October 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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