What Color is the Universe?
Hint: It's not black Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ When you stare up at the night sky, you might think that the universe is...
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[MUSIC][MUSIC]If I asked you to draw a picture of the sun, which crayon would you pick? Most people wouldreach right for yellow or if it’s sunset, maybe you pick orange… unless you grew upin Japan, where children usually choose red.But it’s safe to say that no one would pick this, the real color of the sun.It’s true that down here on Earth, the blue and violet wavelengths in sunlight are scatteredaway by the atmosphere, making the sun appear slightly yellow, or even orangey red… butfrom above Earth’s atmosphere, the sun is essentially white.Sorry Superman.When we see pictures of the sun from outer space in movies, TV shows and even picturesfrom astronomers, it's often tinted orange to seem more familiar to us.But really, this screen can’t even displ...
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[MUSIC][MUSIC]If I asked you to draw a picture of the sun, which crayon would you pick? Most people wouldreach right for yellow or if it’s sunset, maybe you pick orange… unless you grew upin Japan, where children usually choose red.But it’s safe to say that no one would pick this, the real color of the sun.It’s true that down here on Earth, the blue and violet wavelengths in sunlight are scatteredaway by the atmosphere, making the sun appear slightly yellow, or even orangey red… butfrom above Earth’s atmosphere, the sun is essentially white.Sorry Superman.When we see pictures of the sun from outer space in movies, TV shows and even picturesfrom astronomers, it's often tinted orange to seem more familiar to us.But really, this screen can’t even displ...
