• Question: Why is water blue?

    Asked by Achsu to Silvia on 9 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Silvia Pardo

      Silvia Pardo answered on 9 Nov 2016:


      Water is made of tiny building blocks called molecules. Those molecules act like a mirror for blue light but absorb other colours light. So, even tough water is colourless, what you see when you look at the ocean is a lot of blue light being reflect by the water, which your eyes interpret as water being blue.

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