Why Is The Sky Blue? (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Children are highly inquisitive and are always asking questions. One of the most common questions that children have is, “why is the sky blue?” It is a simple and reasonable question, yet the answer is rather complicated, and most adults really aren’t sure why the sky is blue. Learn why the sky is blue and how to answer a child’s most common question on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:04.0	Children are highly inquisitive and are always asking questions.
0:11.0	One of the most common questions that children have is, why is the sky blue?
0:15.0	It's a simple and reasonable question, yet the answer is rather complicated, and most adults really aren't sure why the sky is blue.
0:22.0	Learn why the sky is blue.
0:23.0	Learn why the sky is blue and how to answer a child's most common question
0:27.0	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The The fact that the sky is blue is one of the most fundamental and
0:48.0	universal facts of the world we live in. If you wanted to use an example of
0:51.5	something which is an obvious truth you you might say, the sky is blue.
0:55.0	As simple and obvious a fact as it is, the reason why the sky is blue is a bit involved.
1:00.0	And the truth is that no one really knew why the sky was blue until the 19th century.
1:06.0	One of the explanations that people traditionally gave was that the sky was blue because it was
1:09.8	displaying the reflected color of the water in the oceans.
1:13.0	This of course makes absolutely no sense,
1:15.0	as it's blue everywhere on Earth,
1:17.0	even if there's no water to be found anywhere nearby.
1:20.0	And on the same note, this is also the reason people gave
1:22.0	as to why water was blue, because it reflected
1:24.6	the color of the sky.
1:26.6	The real reason why the sky is blue is a bit involved, but it's not hard to understand.
1:32.2	But to understand it, you need to know a bit about the
1:34.1	nature of light, our sun, the atmosphere, and even the human eye. Let's start with
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