Why Is The Sky Blue? Easy At-Home Experiment

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  • čas přidán 15. 07. 2020
  • In this video I show you why the sky is blue and the sun is yellow. I talk about Rayleigh and Raman scattering and how it changes the colors that we see from the sun.
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  • @TheActionLab
    @TheActionLab  Před 4 lety +488

    Lol, it's Raman not Ramen, I guess I was hungry...

  • @nayankulkarni5131
    @nayankulkarni5131 Před 4 lety +73

    Girlfriend: We missed the sunset
    Me: Dont worry I have milk and water at home

    • @thehotdogman9317
      @thehotdogman9317 Před 4 lety +14

      *Me* : Mom, I wanna see the sunset before we go
      *Mom* : We have sunset at home already
      *Sunset at home* :

  • @HappyNBoy
    @HappyNBoy Před 4 lety +10

    This is one of the best 'why is the sky blue?' explanations I've ever seen. Connecting it with the fact that the sun appears yellow is a master stroke!

  • @VimalRaj-uu6bt
    @VimalRaj-uu6bt Před 4 lety +35

    This man makes us see physics through his eyes.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Great way of explaining.

  • @jasonbyrd5150
    @jasonbyrd5150 Před 4 lety +61

    that was simply awesome! I can't wait to show it to my daughter when she's old enough to understand the concept.

  • @szinthom1
    @szinthom1 Před 4 lety +51

    Little child: Tell me, why is the sky blue?
    Me: *throws laptop in front of the kid* here look

  • @Thuebner1104
    @Thuebner1104 Před 4 lety +58

    “Ramen scattering” sounds more like something I’d do when I’m broke and hungry

    • @ashutoshmahapatra537
      @ashutoshmahapatra537 Před 4 lety +3

      I think u might be jocking but just in case Raman Is the name of Indian Scientist "C.V. Raman" who discovered this effect. :D

    • @thehotdogman9317
      @thehotdogman9317 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ashutoshmahapatra537 Joking*
      Ramen is a poor man's meal in America. A cup of noodles with hot water in other words.

    • @ViratKohli-jj3wj
      @ViratKohli-jj3wj Před 3 lety +3

      @@thehotdogman9317 this is raman effect, not rAmEn effect

  • @zyghom
    @zyghom Před 4 lety +36

    where was YT when I was in the school? In the last couple of years I learned more on YT than during my whole education ;-)

    • @GabrielCopony
      @GabrielCopony Před 4 lety +1

      Me too

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews Před 4 lety +1

      Wow, you must either watch way too many youtube videos or you skipped a lot of school. 😁

  • @DANGJOS
    @DANGJOS Před 4 lety +15

    I've tried the milk in water thing, and I don't remember it working that well. I need to try again. By the way, the scattering power of particles scales as their *(diameter^6)* so that's why the scattering works in just 1 foot of water, when it takes miles of atmosphere to work with small particles in/of the air.

  • @virajkapani6159
    @virajkapani6159 Před 4 lety +30

    1:54 What you mentioned here is Raman effect(or scattering) after CV Raman an Indian physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in 1930 for this discovery.

    • @NoName-cl7tk
      @NoName-cl7tk Před 2 lety +4

      Indians😑

    • @valerioharvey7289
      @valerioharvey7289 Před 2 měsíci

      There's also a rumor that the friend of the cousin of the nephew of the great great great great grandfather of Messi is Indian

  • @DerMaikNichJa
    @DerMaikNichJa Před 4 lety +2

    Learned about those effects before but never noticed how simple this can be shown in action. Awesome

  • @carriehealy_
    @carriehealy_ Před 4 lety +1

    Your channel is nice to binge watch this quarantine, a great help for me now that I'm reviewing for boards. Thank you, sir! ❤️👌

  • @akshayadekar9124
    @akshayadekar9124 Před 4 lety

    Another great video. Keep it up. I will support this channel when I get a job

  • @my_namejeff9770
    @my_namejeff9770 Před 4 lety

    very short, simple and informative. this is why i love your videos, they are not unnecessarily stretched upto 10 mins.

  • @MrFmiller
    @MrFmiller Před 4 lety

    Great demonstration.

  • @parkey5
    @parkey5 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow, this is the best demonstration of why the sky is blue I have ever seen. Great work 👍🏼

  • @alejandrofuentes2294
    @alejandrofuentes2294 Před 4 lety

    What a great video!!! Thanks a lot.

  • @lewistempleman9752
    @lewistempleman9752 Před 4 lety

    Excellent video!!

  • @Saikrishna.B
    @Saikrishna.B Před 4 lety +1

    Hi , I have been following your channel from a long time , thanks for teaching me a lot during this period....thank you THE ACTION LAB...

  • @tectzas
    @tectzas Před 4 lety

    Very well explained!

  • @warfyaa6143
    @warfyaa6143 Před 3 lety

    I love this channel , it is in the top list.

  • @playbyan1453
    @playbyan1453 Před 2 lety

    Great presentation.

  • @ZenInnovations
    @ZenInnovations Před 4 lety

    Amazing experiment.

  • @gauravdoesmaths
    @gauravdoesmaths Před 4 lety

    Nice and knowledgeable video, thanks Action lab.😊

  • @arthurhermes8
    @arthurhermes8 Před 4 lety

    That was a really cool experiment!

  • @bradleyfitzik3603
    @bradleyfitzik3603 Před 4 lety

    Wow good info in this video! I always knew the atmosphere scattered light from our Sun but never looked at it like this before. Nice job with the easy home experiment

  • @ritobt
    @ritobt Před 4 lety +4

    I am a physicist, and was trying to explain this to some friends (using words like quantum and Debroglie, yikes). It seems all I needed was milk and water :) Thanks for making such a simple demo with great explanations!

  • @shrinidhikulkarni5703
    @shrinidhikulkarni5703 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for simple but great informational video

  • @UshiromiyaXyrius
    @UshiromiyaXyrius Před 4 lety

    So many things learnt in such a short video. Amazing !

  • @cantlosethis
    @cantlosethis Před 4 lety

    thats amazing 💛💛💛 thank you for those nice videos

  • @spinning_addicts3510
    @spinning_addicts3510 Před 4 lety +108

    So we've learned today that the sky has milk😂😂

  • @matthewsaulsbury3011
    @matthewsaulsbury3011 Před 4 lety

    Wow, that's really cool and amazing! 👍🏻😀

  • @keepitclassycats6598
    @keepitclassycats6598 Před 4 lety +67

    The sun is white and yellow at the same time? That’s a weird feeling for sure.

    • @DarkMage2k
      @DarkMage2k Před 4 lety +15

      It's all the colours at the same time, which combines to form what we perceive as white

    • @srivathsonsam406
      @srivathsonsam406 Před 4 lety +4

      Quantum color 😂😂

    • @frostsmaker8966
      @frostsmaker8966 Před 4 lety +2

      Because the medium changes it. (Atmosphere contain water, oxygen, and whatever you call it)
      That's why don't buy things through a medium. The price will become "yellow".

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 Před 4 lety +2

      The Sun is the most racist thing ever, that's why.

    • @DANGJOS
      @DANGJOS Před 4 lety +1

      The sun mostly appears white. It doesn't get yellowish until it gets low in the sky.

  • @rizerphe
    @rizerphe Před 4 lety

    That's the best video you created in month. Actually.

  • @kesavprasad6765
    @kesavprasad6765 Před 4 lety

    I love your videos man. Ramen scattering :) . Funny AF. It Raman BTW

  • @georgiosrinakakis934
    @georgiosrinakakis934 Před 4 lety

    those simple experiments that answering simple questions with the use of physics are simple awesome! great video!

  • @shazam6274
    @shazam6274 Před 4 lety

    Excellent, concise, accurate and scientific demonstration!

  • @zantar666
    @zantar666 Před 4 lety +1

    Gonna try this with the kids. They will love this. Thank you

  • @iIoveualways
    @iIoveualways Před 4 lety

    This always facinates me

  • @shayakbardhan2064
    @shayakbardhan2064 Před 4 lety +2

    It is my First time that i have a FIRST VIEW to any YOU TUBE VIDEO and that too happened to be one of your Videos................Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!!!
    I am a huge fan of "The Action Lab".......and i just love the different Experiments you do and the way you explain them..................Carry on doing EXPERIMENTS !!!!!

  • @niajmorshed8245
    @niajmorshed8245 Před 3 lety

    This is the best explanation

  • @archerdev
    @archerdev Před rokem

    Photons bless you sir, wonderful explanation! Thanks

  • @ScrotN
    @ScrotN Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the science fair idea

  • @pntx155
    @pntx155 Před 3 lety

    My long life question has been answered with demo. Thank You Very Much

  • @Techspotter
    @Techspotter Před 4 lety

    Amazing!!

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    @creepercat- Před 4 lety

    I found this channel through King of Random. I really like how you show experiments and explain everything perfectly for others to understand.

  • @dmarckos
    @dmarckos Před 4 lety

    Liked it!
    The Nobel Prize should consider this demo.

  • @remopellegrino8961
    @remopellegrino8961 Před 4 lety

    I really love your show, keep doing the great stuff! I must confess though that your voice sometimes reminds me of Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time

  • @straft5759
    @straft5759 Před 3 lety +2

    1:09 this is beautiful

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    @drechenlard6491 Před 4 lety

    cool stuff on your channel man.

  • @rajanlamichhane3095
    @rajanlamichhane3095 Před 4 lety +8

    The Action Lab, I love your videos and I watch them regularly. I gain knowledge from your videos and found it interesting too........
    Inspired from you, I named my channel as 'The Crazy Lab'.

  • @madnad9634
    @madnad9634 Před 4 lety

    Good one!

  • @Flightsimmovies
    @Flightsimmovies Před 4 lety

    Mind blown!!

  • @GeoscienceImaging
    @GeoscienceImaging Před 6 měsíci

    Very well done. Would like ro see more on why/how the interaction of light with molecules causes the light to behave in these two ways.

  • @yogolee69
    @yogolee69 Před 4 lety

    Great video

  • @8792389557
    @8792389557 Před 4 lety

    It's really a good demonstration on how we perceive different colours of light.👍👏👏

  • @danelleferil3279
    @danelleferil3279 Před 2 lety

    This is very easy to understand. I literally googling about why the sky is blue and why the sunset has reddish color, but i never understand. Lol. This is very informative. I'm glad you guys are able to help others who isn't good in science. Keep them coming

  • @goravdyan3414
    @goravdyan3414 Před 4 lety

    Wow... i read about scattering in school... but your demonstration was awesome....

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    @Ahmad_Jihad Před 4 lety

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  • @pramitharyan5167
    @pramitharyan5167 Před 4 lety

    Finally ..... the perfect experiment ..... thank you so much ......
    I really appreciate your videos

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    @LandoHitman Před 4 lety

    I love this guy, he's really awesome

  • @nowaayy_
    @nowaayy_ Před 4 lety

    This is the best ever explanation about why is the sky blue.

  • @samtree99
    @samtree99 Před 3 lety

    Excellent! Simple and clear. Bonus in explaining why sunset look reddish.

  • @bladeslicemaster5390
    @bladeslicemaster5390 Před 4 lety

    Thanks!

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    @swayamgunjal3476 Před 4 lety

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  • @pugofwarbr
    @pugofwarbr Před 4 lety

    finally, a decent explanation not just why the sky is blue, and also why the sun looks yellow

  • @andreewoodson
    @andreewoodson Před 4 lety

    Cool!

  • @Naokoderrick
    @Naokoderrick Před 4 lety

    I was just wondering this yesterday! Is CZcams AND you listening to my thoughts?! Lol. This is the ONLY time I’ll say it’s ok! Thanks for the answer!

  • @nimo95
    @nimo95 Před 4 lety

    Nice information sir....loved your content👌.... Love From India❤️

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    @BasicContentMusic Před 4 lety

    I've learned more about physics from this channel than from my school. Thank you so much!!!!

  • @raagamparmar179
    @raagamparmar179 Před 4 lety +1

    I learnt more from this 4 min short video than from 2 (*) 40-mins lecture of Science in my class! Gr8 job!

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    Under 5minute, like it!

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    @minhazrajib251 Před 4 lety +17

    He kinda looks like Freddie Mercury with his mustache

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    @narasimha.n.s1895 Před 2 lety

    exxalent sir🙏

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    @testtrial8807 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow!

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    @certifiedhero7 Před 4 lety

    This is one of the few places I actually learn something

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    @ivannascimento1655 Před 4 lety

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    @Harshal0789 Před 4 lety +1

    Man you are turning into a muscle monster 💪

  • @triynizzles
    @triynizzles Před 4 lety

    This video was really good I understood what you meant and you did not ramble (like you sometimes can't do in other videos 😂😉)

  • @randyp0514
    @randyp0514 Před 4 lety

    And as you go up in altitude you just see the blackness of space. That means the blue sky and the red/orange sunset is for our eyes down here in the atmosphere! Awesome design.

  • @harshavardhanarts689
    @harshavardhanarts689 Před 3 lety

    Superb easy cool man I loved your channel your an inspiration
    Please tell me what is the source of this experiment

  • @69k_gold
    @69k_gold Před 4 lety

    James is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo underrated!

  • @DANGJOS
    @DANGJOS Před 4 lety

    @The Action Lab When I learned Rayleigh scattering from my Electrodynamics textbook, the explanation given says why scattered light is polarized perpendicular to the direction of travel of light. I don't remember what Raman scattering is, but wasn't aware it had its own explanation for the polarization. Makes me wonder what new it adds.
    In fact, I've noticed something really cool using the theory behind Rayleigh scattering with lasers. If you shine a laser perpendicular to your camera, the beam will appear brighter when the light is vertically polarized, and it will dim when you twist the laser 90 degrees so it is horizontally polarized. I tried this with my 405 nm laser a while ago and it worked!

  • @Narayan
    @Narayan Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for making us smart.
    Schools couldn't do that.

  • @Unknown_is_known
    @Unknown_is_known Před 4 lety

    You are great

  • @CarlaAnneQ
    @CarlaAnneQ Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for making more of this videos - Light physics. What's the technical word to call it?

    • @weirdsoul8757
      @weirdsoul8757 Před 4 lety

      Look what I found....Our Mr. scientist as a rock band performer....😅
      czcams.com/video/0ywst7xFUn4/video.html

    • @joeblow3990
      @joeblow3990 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Optics. Or in Newton's time, Opticks. More generally, electromagnetism.

  • @SantoshSharma-fe4oz
    @SantoshSharma-fe4oz Před 4 lety

    great 👌👌👌🙋🙋🙋

  • @keller8064
    @keller8064 Před 4 lety +16

    You should make laboratory manuals for schools with practicals like these. The ones schools give us, sucks ass.

  • @MammaOVlogs
    @MammaOVlogs Před 4 lety +1

    l have always wondered that,

  • @joe_croupier
    @joe_croupier Před 4 lety

    the blue scattering light, works for plants, we use blue lights in early plant life then red come flower ........... i love this channel it makes me feel smarterer

  • @ortizrr
    @ortizrr Před 4 lety +3

    If the sun looks yellow from our point of view inside earth's atmosphere, shouldn't the stars we see at night also be yellow since their light is going through the same atmosphere?

  • @v.k.7413
    @v.k.7413 Před rokem +1

    Brilliant!!!! Bravo!!!!! Please educate all your children to a science rather than watching TV or cell phones TikTok!!

  • @enes2586
    @enes2586 Před 4 lety

    Hey, I know you work hard on these videos and have been getting not too much views lately so I know it’s hard for you. True fans will always help you. ❤️

  • @Eurok666
    @Eurok666 Před 4 lety

    Awesome

  • @user-pd6sd3xe1h
    @user-pd6sd3xe1h Před 4 lety

    ITS LIKE SCIENCE CLASS BUT BETTER !!! and not boring..

  • @atul_ranjan
    @atul_ranjan Před 4 lety

    Few days ago I did same experiment in small glass after reading colloidal solution of surface chemistry chapter.