Comments on: Fun With LOX http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157854 zach Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:18:05 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157854 Elizabeth, here's one answer: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14C.html they claim that the martian atmosphere has large amounts of suspended dust whose absorption and scattering give it its "butterscotch tan" color. Elizabeth,

here’s one answer:

http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14C.html

they claim that the martian atmosphere has large amounts of suspended dust whose absorption and scattering give it its "butterscotch tan" color.

]]> By: Elizabeth Reid http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157850 Elizabeth Reid Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:45:49 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157850 So did anyone ever answer why Mars' sky <em>isn't</em> blue?  Because that actually seems like the puzzling part now. So did anyone ever answer why Mars’ sky isn’t blue?  Because that actually seems like the puzzling part now.

]]> By: Elisha Feger http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157827 Elisha Feger Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:38:18 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157827 Water is mind boggling.  I've done some study on atmospheric spectra, and water lines are one of the most noticeable signals in town - despite how little of it there is compared to other gases. <em>Elisha Feger's last blog post..<a href='http://demonicgerbil.livejournal.com/533204.html' rel="nofollow">Why is the sky blue?</a></em> Water is mind boggling.  I’ve done some study on atmospheric spectra, and water lines are one of the most noticeable signals in town – despite how little of it there is compared to other gases.

Elisha Feger’s last blog post..Why is the sky blue?

]]> By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157826 zach Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:28:57 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157826 aziz, most definitely.  I was doing research on the hydrogen bonding network and how it might relate to otherwise unexplainable backgrounds in some Raman spectra I was acquiring, and even knee-deep in so much information about water I still had to look up other papers going beyond what was in the book! aziz,

most definitely.  I was doing research on the hydrogen bonding network and how it might relate to otherwise unexplainable backgrounds in some Raman spectra I was acquiring, and even knee-deep in so much information about water I still had to look up other papers going beyond what was in the book!

]]> By: Aziz Poonawalla http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157822 Aziz Poonawalla Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:06:53 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157822 heh I bet that 2vol tome was just the cliff notes. Water is such an astounding subject you could well have a complete science devoted to it. since the signal I detect in MRI comes exclusively from water protons, I will confess to being biased, and also since I kind of like being alive I am further biased still - but water is just the coolest. even when its the warmest. heh 2 oh. heh I bet that 2vol tome was just the cliff notes. Water is such an astounding subject you could well have a complete science devoted to it.

since the signal I detect in MRI comes exclusively from water protons, I will confess to being biased, and also since I kind of like being alive I am further biased still – but water is just the coolest. even when its the warmest.

heh 2 oh.

]]> By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157813 zach Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:58:43 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157813 aziz, who knew this was such a fascinating subject??  i remember once needing to check out a book from the library: a two-volume tome simply titled "Water." aziz,

who knew this was such a fascinating subject??  i remember once needing to check out a book from the library: a two-volume tome simply titled "Water."

]]> By: capital L http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157808 capital L Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:56:48 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157808 Posting in epic thread! Posting in epic thread!

]]> By: Dean Esmay http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157801 Dean Esmay Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:05:04 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157801 <em>andnote that heavy water is not blue, but transparent </em>. Now that's cool info. andnote that heavy water is not blue, but transparent .

Now that’s cool info.

]]> By: Aziz Poonawalla http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157793 Aziz Poonawalla Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:31:43 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157793 no, zach its nothing to do with dissolved particulates, even distilled water is blue, if you look thru enough of it. see my link. andnote that heavy water is not blue, but transparent . no, zach its nothing to do with dissolved particulates, even distilled water is blue, if you look thru enough of it. see my link.

andnote that heavy water is not blue, but transparent .

]]> By: zach http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157791 zach Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:21:11 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/06/08/fun-with-lox/#comment-157791 dean, very possible.  dissolved oxygen would likely rayleigh scatter, as well as any other isolated particulates.  there is also the issue that it may be reflecting the sky, which, as we've gone to great pains to discuss, is blue.  probably a combination of all of these things (and probably more!).  the ocean is a much more complicated optical system than the sky, and i admit to some ignorance on this point. dean,

very possible.  dissolved oxygen would likely rayleigh scatter, as well as any other isolated particulates.  there is also the issue that it may be reflecting the sky, which, as we’ve gone to great pains to discuss, is blue.  probably a combination of all of these things (and probably more!).  the ocean is a much more complicated optical system than the sky, and i admit to some ignorance on this point.

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