Why is the sky blue? Weather science
Blue sky with cirrus clouds This is an easy question to ask but the answer is pretty hard. The light that comes from the Sun to Earth looks white, but really it is made [...]
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08, 2017
Why is the sky blue? A science project
A cloudy glass of water You can see for yourself that blue light scatters more than red light. This is the same way that John Tyndall showed why the sky was [...]
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08, 2017
What are clouds made of? Weather science
Clouds in the sky. What are clouds? Clouds are made of water What are clouds? Clouds are made of drops of water or ice. When the wind picks up water from the ocean or from [...]
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08, 2017
Cirrus clouds – Weather science
Cirrus clouds in a blue sky What cirrus clouds look like Most of the time, you see cirrus clouds very high up in the sky, looking thin and wispy, like [...]
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08, 2017
Observing the planet Mars – Astronomy
Seeing the planet Mars - a Mars project See Mars for yourself! You can see Mars for yourself in the sky at night, without a telescope or binoculars. Look for [...]
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08, 2017
What is light made of? Why is the sky blue?
Rainbow over Amazon river - What is light made of? What is light made of? Light is made of billions of tiny particles called photons. These photons travel from one place [...]
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07, 2017
Who is Gaia? Early Greek gods
Gaia is the earth. In the beginning... Many people in classical Greece believed that at the beginning of time there was only one being, which they called Chaos. (This is not unlike the Jewish [...]
