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Why is the sky blue?

Appears I forgot to add that meme yesterday due to the suspense of the Idols final opponents. Good choice, I have to say. Of course it's subjective; you either like Brask's voice or not. I don't.

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Anyway, here we have yesterday's Meme; a miscellaneous questionnaire collected from Curious Kitty (http://curiousasacat.blogspot.com/index.html):

For what one thing would you like to be famous?
Me, Myself & I: A Nobel-prize winning writer, like Toni Morrison.

What kind of doctor would you want to be?
Triplet: Dana Scully as my inspiration, a pathologist. We once had an interesting discussion about this subject on a lecture about a year ago. People seemed to find my knowledge on the technical terminology of pathology slightly suspicious.

Finish this sentence: "What I really need ____________."
Triplet: ... is to have someone to share my everyday, no matter how boring, life with.

Finish this sentence: "I have been blessed because _______________ ."
Triplet: a)... I participated a ritual where I was actually blessed, b)... I met Wanderer and Her and as a result truly found myself.

Why is the sky blue?
Let the Finnish meteorological Institute experts explain: "Auringon valossa on kaikkia spektrin värejä. Ilman ilmakehää aurinko näyttäisi vaalealta ja taivas pikimustalta. Ilmakehän molekyylit sirottavat auringon valoa siten, että sininen ja ultravioletti poikkeavat auringon säteiden suunnalta eniten, punainen vähiten. Näin sironnutta valoa nähdään kaikilla suunnilla ja siksi taivas näyttää siniseltä. Ultraviolettivalo siroaa vielä enemmän kuin tavallinen sininen. Siksi ulkona kesällä varjossakin voi ruskettua, koska hajasäteilynä saa jatkuvasti UV-säteilyä iholleen.

Korkealla vuoristossa tai lentokoneen ikkunasta tähyiltynä taivas näyttää tumman siniseltä, koska ilma korkealla on ohutta ja sinistä sirottavia ilmamolekyylejä on vähemmän kuin maanpinnalla. -- Suunnilleen stratosfäärissä, 15 - 30 km korkeudessa taivas alkaa olla jo varsin mustanpuoleinen. Ilmiön huomaa jo tavallisen matkustajakoneen ikkunasta tarkkailtuna noin 10 km kilometrin korkeudella: taivas on selvästi sinisen musta."

So remember; every time the sun shines and there are a couple of fluffy clouds floating on the bright blue firmament... the whole thing is just a biological illusion created by the way human eyes perceive different parts of spectre; behind that blue sky there is eternal darkness.

What is your favourite smell?
Me: I love the scent of paper mingled with ink and this combination haven't been in close touch with fresh air for a while... I have a box of papers on top of my bookcase and it really is a nice scent floating upwards as I open the cover.

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The Meme of the Day:
This is probably very pathetic but I like the verse of this song:

“Can you tell me softly
How you always haunt me?
Can you help me? Hold me
Come to me now, slowly

You caress me smoothly
Calm my fears and soothe me
Move your hands across me
Take my worries from me”

‘Sacrifice’ by t.A.T.u.