Sunsets

[PacificBlue]

What gives them the brilliant colors they sometimes have?

 

[Ice Cold]

I'm thinking sun faeries.

Easier than looking up the actual scientific reason.

 

[PacificBlue]

You write for Playboy don't you? You are the reason I thought for years I'd be drowned with a gallon of cum when a man ejaculated.

 

[rykdn]

i think its caused by kitteh love

 

[seXieleXie]

oh! a physics question! yay!

well, basically it goes like this. the color of the sky, no matter what time of day it is, is created when particles in the air cause a wavelength of white light to scatter into it's composite parts. most of the time the blue light is the dominant color in the sky because it has a very short wavelength and is scattered more easily by the particles. actually, violet light is scattered more but it's easier for human eyes to see blue, so we do.

however, at sunset (and sunrise) the angle of the light is much greater, and so the light has to travel a lot farther. by the time the light reaches your eyes it has been effectively "diluted." all the blue (and violet and other short wavelength) light has been scattered, so red and orange and such are the only colors of light left in the beam because they have such a long wavelength.

make sense?

 

[Siren]

PB

 

[freakygirl]

i think its caused by kitteh love

What the fuck is a kitteh?

 

[Ice Cold]

You write for Playboy don't you? You are the reason I thought for years I'd be drowned with a gallon of cum when a man ejaculated.

LOL... I'd hate to see the size of the man who could produce that
much.

When I get this tired I go for simplicity, if you can't dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

 

[matl]

Damn Lexie

Look Good, Sound Good, and pretty smart TOO. You just keep getting better

 

[rykdn]

sorry kitteh is just my word for kittens or cats

 

[PacificBlue]

Re: PB

You write for Playboy don't you? You are the reason I thought for years I'd be drowned with a gallon of cum when a man ejaculated

__________________________
you mean you arent?

hmmm... grammar queen.

 

[PacificBlue]

oh! a physics question! yay!

well, basically it goes like this. the color of the sky, no matter what time of day it is, is created when particles in the air cause a wavelength of white light to scatter into it's composite parts. most of the time the blue light is the dominant color in the sky because it has a very short wavelength and is scattered more easily by the particles. actually, violet light is scattered more but it's easier for human eyes to see blue, so we do.

however, at sunset (and sunrise) the angle of the light is much greater, and so the light has to travel a lot farther. by the time the light reaches your eyes it has been effectively "diluted." all the blue (and violet and other short wavelength) light has been scattered, so red and orange and such are the only colors of light left in the beam because they have such a long wavelength.

make sense?

ummm... yes, the 3rd time through. Thank you!

 

[Basia]

I don't know, but they sure are a sight to behold.

 

[Ice Cold]

I still like my answer better, involved less typing.

 

[PacificBlue]

I still like my answer better, involved less typing.

The perfection in which you baffle with bullshit is perfect!

 

[Ice Cold]

The perfection in which you baffle with bullshit is perfect!

Some call it a gift, I think of it as a skill.

(bows)

Thank you, thank you.