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#451 2013-04-23 11:41:02
- jji7skyline
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
calebxy wrote:
werdna123 wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
i haven't researched it, but I thought it's because the sky reflects onto the sea.
That's what most people assume, but it is actually blue (at least, according to my QI book of General Ignorance), just really really really slightly.
How slightly?
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#452 2013-04-23 11:58:10
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
jji7skyline wrote:
calebxy wrote:
werdna123 wrote:
i haven't researched it, but I thought it's because the sky reflects onto the sea.That's what most people assume, but it is actually blue (at least, according to my QI book of General Ignorance), just really really really slightly.
How slightly?
Slightly slight
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#453 2013-04-23 12:01:39
Re: Trivia/Did you know?
jji7skyline wrote:
calebxy wrote:
werdna123 wrote:
i haven't researched it, but I thought it's because the sky reflects onto the sea.That's what most people assume, but it is actually blue (at least, according to my QI book of General Ignorance), just really really really slightly.
How slightly?
Considering water looks colourless to us, I assume it's too slight for us to see.
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#454 2013-04-23 18:37:54
Re: Trivia/Did you know?
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
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#455 2013-04-23 18:44:31
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
Wikipedia wrote:
The blue hue of water is an intrinsic property and is caused by selective absorption and scattering of white light.
The blue in the sky has nothing to do with it. It's what the water absorbs and scatters, which doesn't make it any less truly blue.
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#456 2013-04-24 04:57:47
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#457 2013-04-24 07:56:14
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
...because it's blue.
That's like saying, "Why aren't apples green?"
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#458 2013-04-24 08:00:31
Re: Trivia/Did you know?
mythbusteranimator wrote:
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
...because it's blue.
That's like saying, "Why aren't apples green?"
Yes.
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#459 2013-04-24 08:47:13
Re: Trivia/Did you know?
mythbusteranimator wrote:
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
...because it's blue.
That's like saying, "Why aren't apples green?"
Apples are green e_e
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#460 2013-04-24 08:52:04
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
Sellout wrote:
mythbusteranimator wrote:
7734f wrote:
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue....because it's blue.
That's like saying, "Why aren't apples green?"Apples are green e_e
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#461 2013-04-24 16:45:48
Re: Trivia/Did you know?
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
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#462 2013-04-24 18:47:44
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
Actually, it's blue for the same reason the sky is blue, not BECAUSE the sky is blue. The WHITE light scatters through the water ever so slightly, making it blue. If you were in a room with a huge indoor pool (unchlorinated) and only CFLs, the pool would be blue.
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#463 2013-04-24 19:07:13
Re: Trivia/Did you know?
Firedrake969 wrote:
7734f wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Water isn't colourless. It's ever so slightly blue.
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue.
Actually, it's blue for the same reason the sky is blue, not BECAUSE the sky is blue. The WHITE light scatters through the water ever so slightly, making it blue. If you were in a room with a huge indoor pool (unchlorinated) and only CFLs, the pool would be blue.
So....water isn't really blue, it's the light in the water, water is clear.
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#464 2013-04-24 19:16:50
#465 2013-04-24 19:24:31
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
Back on topic please?
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#466 2013-04-24 20:08:24
#467 2013-04-25 02:57:12
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Re: Trivia/Did you know?
Sellout wrote:
mythbusteranimator wrote:
7734f wrote:
Why would water be blue? Why not green? Why not red? The sky is blue because of the sun reflecting through the atmosphere, which reflects on the sea, and makes it blue....because it's blue.
That's like saying, "Why aren't apples green?"Apples are green e_e
and orange and red and a range of fantastic colours
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