brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy) (04/05/85)
>>It's a (sort of) free country, and you can 'feel' that the sun is blue if >>you wish. >> Back later, >> DKMcK > >As it happens, I really have seen a blue sun! If you don't believe it, >look at the Scottish newspapers around the early (I think) summer of >1950 or 51. > >Blue suns can be real, but they are as rare as the effective application >of pure maths to social situations. >Martin Taylor Actually, the sun white, with a slight bluish cast. The atmosphere scatters more of the (shorter) blue wavelengths, making it appear yellowish-white. This is also why the sky is blue, and sunsets are red. So there, nyah! Merlyn Leroy "...a dimension between shallow and substance, between science and superficial, a place we call...The Usenet Zone"