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From: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: The sun IS blue, you bozos
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 11:14:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 11:14:35 1985
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Summary: 

>>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
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