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STFC Interesting Facts about Light

Interesting facts about light from the Science, technology and Facilities Council (STFC). Includes 'Why is the Sky Blue?'.

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http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Public+and+Schools/2598.aspx

Scattering of light in the atmosphere

Find out how light scattering makes the sky blue and clouds white.

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http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/mch/sct.rxml

Lightning Q&A

What is lightning? Does lightning strike from the sky down, or the ground up? Can you have lightning without thunder? This site has all the answers.

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http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/lightning/ltg_basics.html

Night sky simulator

How dark is your night sky? See the extent of light pollution across the UK and find the best spots for star gazing.

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http://www.need-less.org.uk/images/ukatnightsim.swf

Photopic sky Survey

The Sky Survey app that helps your explore the night sky.

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http://skysurvey.org/

Stellarium

A great piece of software that simulates what you would see in the night sky at any location and any time.

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http://www.stellarium.org/

Mars retrograde animation

A simple but clear animation showing why Mars seems to travel one direction across the sky and move back the other way.

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http://bigbang.physics.tamu.edu/Figures/StolenAnimations/mars_retrograde_motion.swf

Big Bang Registry

Explore a map of the night sky and claim a place as your own.

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http://www.bigbangregistry.com/Educational.html

Why is the sky blue?

A brief and well explained description of why the sky is blue.

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http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/

Why is the sky blue?

Detailed explanation of why the sky is blue with more details about the atmosphere and experiments to do.

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http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html
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