Thread: OT: Moon eclipse
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Old October 28th, 2004, 06:06 PM
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Default Re: OT: Moon eclipse
http://www.why-is-the-sky-blue.org/w...-sky-blue.html
http://www.sky-watch.com/articles/skyblue.html

This also explains why the sun is red/orange, but the sky is blue. Those wavelengths that are not scattered randomly by oxygen and nitrogen travel more or less straight from the sun to your eyes, rather than at random angles like the bluish light.
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