why is the water blue? Has it someting to do with Rayleigh scattering?

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experimentx · Answer

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_ocean_seems_to_be_blue_when_water_is_colorless

anonymous · Answer

HAHAHA your really stupid, water isn´t blue, im a scientist at University Colombia and I can tell you water is not blue, stay tuned so I can answere you

anonymous · Answer

No I am not a doctor, stop wasting your time here

experimentx · Answer

water is not blue .. it seems that water transmits and reflects blue light only.

anonymous · Answer

but has it something to do with Rayleigh Scattering, like in the atmosphere?

anonymous · Answer

A combination of the seven colours of the rainbow fall on the water surface. But out of this, blue and violet are the most reflected colours. So water appears blue.

experimentx · Answer

any theory behind this relating spectroscopy??

anonymous · Answer

Blue light travels faster than all the other colours, something to do with the speed of the lightwaves. So the sky - as we see it, is blue during the day and then gets orangey towards the sunset. Water reflects the blue sky.

anonymous · Answer

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~etrnsfer/water.htm