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  2. Blue skies research - Wikipedia

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    Blue skies research (also called blue sky science) is scientific research in domains where "real-world" applications are not immediately apparent. It has been defined as "research without a clear goal" [1] and "curiosity-driven science". It is sometimes used interchangeably with the term "basic research". [2]

  3. Blue Sky - Wikipedia

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    Blue skies research (also called blue sky science), scientific research in domains where "real-world" applications are not immediately apparent Bluesky Formation , a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

  4. Diffuse sky radiation - Wikipedia

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    The blue sky spectrum contains light at all visible wavelengths with a broad maximum around 450–485 nm, the wavelengths of the color blue. Diffuse sky radiation is solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or particulates in the atmosphere.

  5. Rayleigh scattering - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh scattering causes the blue color of the daytime sky and the reddening of the Sun at sunset. Rayleigh scattering (/ ˈ r eɪ l i / RAY-lee) is the scattering or deflection of light, or other electromagnetic radiation, by particles with a size much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.

  6. Albedo - Wikipedia

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    the bi-hemispherical reflectance, ¯ ¯, sometimes referred to as white-sky albedo. with 1 − D {\displaystyle {1-D}} being the proportion of direct radiation from a given solar angle, and D {\displaystyle {D}} being the proportion of diffuse illumination, the actual albedo α {\displaystyle {\alpha }} (also called blue-sky albedo) can then be ...

  7. Sky - Wikipedia

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    View of the night sky in July The day's blue sky, clouds and the Moon. The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space.

  8. Blue field entoptic phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    In a technique known as blue field entoptoscopy, the effect is used to estimate the blood flow in the retinal capillaries.The patient is alternatingly shown blue light and a computer generated picture of moving dots; by adjusting the speed and density of these dots, the patient tries to match the computer generated picture to the perceived entoptic dots.

  9. Sprite (lightning) - Wikipedia

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    In order to film sprites from Earth, special conditions must be present: 150–500 km (93–311 mi) of clear view to a powerful thunderstorm with positive lightning between cloud and ground, red-sensitive recording equipment, and a black unlit sky. [15]