I hear this more often than I'd care to. It's kind of amazing that so many people believe this when it's so easy to look at a body of water when it's overcast outside.

Well, to be fair, some people still think the earth is flat, so this blue water thing is small potatoes.

Have these people never seen an iceberg?

If you read the article, or even the title, water reflecting the sky IS a reason why it looks blue, but it isn’t the only reason.

I suggest you look at a dictionary and see what “sole” means.

My comment is referring exactly to the what the title and article explains, that people think 'the sole or predominant reason that water is blue is due to the sky'. My example would defeat that notion as the water still appears plenty blue while the sky is white.

I suggest you look at a dictionary and see what "this" means.

>because water absorbs colours in the red part of the light spectrum.

Or in layman's terms, because it is blue

They have, but not until it was too late

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I've literally never heard of the water reflection thing. Do you have to be from a certain part of the world to hear that?

I thought this was common knowledge...

The sky is blue because the oceans are blue (or reflect that color). Not the other way around...

What if the water is blue BECAUSE the earth is flat? Think about it. Blue is on the shorter end of the wave length, the red light goes a lot further and falls off the edge of the earth, leaving only blue light left for the oceans

who the fuck thinks water color is the "reflection of the sky"? 😂. In 49 years I have never heard a person say this, ever. The idea that a person could or would think that never crossed my mind. This post hit me like a brick of dumb.

may I ask what part of the world you live in & generation? never heard this from anyone ever. may be locality or generational dependant.

I've lived in 7 states of the U.S. and I'm pretty sure I've heard it in all of them once. I heard it at work a few months ago as it was boldly presented as a fun fact.

generation?

It's also possible that because people here where I live grow up with Lake Michigan and Lake Eerie their whole lives, 2 of the Great Lakes, they're not as ignorant about water? 🤷🏿‍♂️

Idk to be honest what the generation names are. I'm middle age I think.

• boomer: 1946 - 1963
• Gen X : 1964 - 1979
• millenial: 1980 - 1994
• Gen Z : 1995 - 2012
• Gen Alpha: 2013 - 2025

being born in 1974, I'm Gen X. My parents born in 1947 & 1948 are baby boomers.

maybe it's just people who don't live near water? everyone here grows up near Lake Michigan and Lake Eerie their whole lives so learn pretty early on the water is the same color during a thunderstorm as a lovely day.

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What??? Do you think the sky is green in the middle of the Mongolian steps, or yellow in the Sahara?

Sky is blue because our atmosphere scatters the light from the sun, and the colour depends on the angle, hence why on sun rise and sun set is yellow/orange ish

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/

I thought children learn this around the same time they learn why the sky is blue

Ehh, no my dude.

I’ve lived in the Great Lakes region my entire life, and pretty much everyone I’ve talked to believes that it’s due to the color of the sky. It’s not a frequent conversation, though.