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Show What Makes the 8ky Blue. It la tho ntmosphoro Hint makes tho sky look bluo and tho moon yellow. If wo could ascend to nn olovatlon of 50 miles nbovo tho earth's surfaco wo Bhould see that tho moon Is a brilliant whlto, whllo tho sky would bo blnck, with tho stars, bIiIiiIiik as brightly In tho daytlmo as at night. Furthermore, as a most plcturesquo feature of tho spectacle, wo should tako notlco that sonio of tho otnrs aro red, others bluo, yet others violet, nnd still others green In color. Of course, nil of tho stars (it we bar tho plnnetu of our own systnni) nro burning sunB and tho hues thoy wear depend upou their i tompoiai'uo.--Hondor. n |