Originally Posted by NYstunter636

why the sky is blue
The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.
However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue. As you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white.


why the sun is yellow and outer space is black
On Earth, the sun appears yellow. If you were out in space, or on the moon, the sun would look white. In space, there is no atmosphere to scatter the sun's light. On Earth, some of the shorter wavelength light (the blues and violets) are removed from the direct rays of the sun by scattering. The remaining colors together appear yellow. Also, out in space, the sky looks dark and black, instead of blue. This is because there is no atmosphere. There is no scattered light to reach your eyes.


why the sunset is red
As the sun begins to set, the light must travel farther through the atmosphere before it gets to you. More of the light is reflected and scattered. As less reaches you directly, the sun appears less bright. The color of the sun itself appears to change, first to orange and then to red. This is because even more of the short wavelength blues and greens are now scattered. Only the longer wavelengths are left in the direct beam that reaches your eyes.The sky around the setting sun may take on many colors. The most spectacular shows occur when the air contains many small particles of dust or water. These particles reflect light in all directions. Then, as some of the light heads towards you, different amounts of the shorter wavelength colors are scattered out. You see the longer wavelengths, and the sky appears red, pink or orange


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Originally Posted by Towlieee

ya but cmon

you dont say "but the grass isn't erally green, its the clorifill pigments in it"

or "my bike isn't really red, its the paint over the top of it"

Originally Posted by faQdieSlow

what rpm should i clutch my hayabusa up at huh?

Originally Posted by Stuntfalife

hold thorrtole WFO and then dump the cluch, goodluck

Originally Posted by steelhead1

I ordered a bunch of stuff from powers and i finally got most of it 4 months later. Still stuff he didn't send and it's cause they don't even make it!!!! told me i could drive my bike from Dutchess co, ny to pa to use for a mock up!! i couldn't just take off and ride to pa. the **** i got was nice, but i wish they coulda told me what they didn't make BEFORE they took payment in full!! good thread.