Why is the Sky Blue?

Jared gives us a fun demonstration which explains why the sky is blue!

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[alittax]

Super amazing, thank you for your hard work! I love learning about these things as an adult, at school I didn't pay much attention honestly.

[decaygamer]

This channel is so underated this channel deserves much more subs

[MeganWhamGMfan]

You teaches me what I want to learn
Never got any of this info at school

[gautamsaw]

I have read that blue has shorter wavelength and red has the longer wavelength so when the white light pass through the atmosphere all other colors get reflected and the blue doesn't and reaches our eyes.

[marslife]

I love this channel and some of his experiment I can even do

[PierreLaBaguette]

I didn't feel i get enough of the explanation here. what about the other color bands then, where are they? why dont i see them in some way during the normal conditions in the sky too - why do i see only the blue color? had to cross-check other videos ...

[JozsaMarton]

why light gets bent, should be also explained (when light entering and exiting different materials)

[mlxcablemachine]

this channel need to have more subs!!!!

[steveread]

Yes .. but why blue? Why not red? Why does light even have colour?

[salepisblader]

Can you be my teacher at school? <3

[jeremythompson]

But doesn't it make more sense and less complicated to think that the OZONE layer which tends to have a pale blue color is being illuminated by the sun and, some of the blue light is being absorbed in that layer giving it a more blue color. Then as the angle of the sun traverses in it's orbit the blue gets deeper the less light there is. Also the reflection from the oceans bounces off like a mirror and give the whole planet a blue hue from space. isn't That why the sky is blue?

[samiulhaquerounok]

why to compare gelatin with atmosphere

[EdyIggs]

Hot and clever. Great video. Have you tried agarose instead. And how can I use this model to demonstrate orange sky and also moon.

[navneetsingh]

You said light goes from Blue to Yellow while slowing down. They why we can't see the green sky? Take a look at this : "Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orange and Red". From Blue to Yellow we see every colour of the sky except green. While slowing down we see every colour of sky but not green. Why?

Hope you understand what I am trying to say. English is not my first language. 😅

[dhivakar]

Sir Light you used for experiment seems like a blue light ..is that so?

[Archiekunst]

The blueness of the sky is because of Rayleigh scattering, not refraction as you mention here.

[akashmehta]

White light is the combination of several light as we know and you also told then out mixture of several colour why blue only ??? Why not green, red, yellow or other colours ???

[mahajassim]

Hi i need your help .ً the experiment of hydrogen per oxide with soap and another substance I need know what this substance the product is foam . Could you help me . My English bad . Do you have telegram ???thank you

[dantejuantrelgeorge]

Until you realize it’s not raindrops but plasma 🤷🏿‍♂️. Yeah you have to be able to recreate the atmosphere as is not make something similar to prove a point.

[rdbasha]

I don't think you have a good explanation. The reason is that the gasses in the sky SCATTER light. They tend to scatter blue light over red light- for complicated reasons. It's called Rayleigh scattering. Simply having a material which slows light (and, as a CONSEQUENCE "bends" it) is not enough. This is why Glass/water don't work and you had to use gell.