He saw the dark sweat spots flip in and out of sight under the patrolman's swinging arms and in the leather holster that swaggered and rolled at the side of his stocky body, the sun left a smoky shine on the narrow strip of blue metal that ran between the horned handles of his pistol.

Rayleigh scattering causes the blue hue of the daytime sky and the reddening of the sun at sunset

Rayleigh scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere causes diffuse sky radiation, which is the reason for the blue color of the sky and the yellow tone of the sun itself.

The two groups took their names from the color of the armbands that they wore ; initially, the Colorados wore blue, but when it faded in the sun, they replaced it with red.

* September 26 – September 28 – A blue sun is seen over Europe: the effect is due to ash coming from the Canadian forest fires 4 months previously.

The blue is of a lighter shade than the currently mandated royal blue, the sun has eight points as currently but many more rays and it has a mythical face.

It may be seen as a yellowish horizontal bar or bow-tie shape ( with " fuzzy " ends, hence the name " brush ") visible in the center of the visual field against the blue sky viewed while facing away from the sun, or on any bright background when looking through polarized sunglasses.

The flag of Kiribati: the upper half is red with a gold frigatebird ( Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei ) flying over a gold rising sun ( otintaai ), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the 3 groups ( Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands ).

Both the golden frigatebird and the sun were enlarged to occupy more of the top of the flag, and the width of the blue and white wavy bands was reduced.

The frigatebird symbolises command of the sea, power, freedom and Kiribati cultural dance patterns, the blue and white wavy bands represent the Pacific Ocean, which surrounds Kiribati and the sun refers to Kiribati's position astride the Equator.

Example: 晴 qíng " clear / fair ( weather )", which is composed of 日 rì " sun ", and 青 qīng " blue / green ", which is used for its pronunciation.

And when all this had been done and set in order, as the sun reached its zenith the vision came to life: in the pure blue sky of the eastern horizon a single dark cloud began to form and move irresistibly towards them.

The walls on two sides consist primarily of stained-glass panes set in magnificent arches, and overhead is an enormous skylight of stained glass designed by Antoni Rigalt whose centerpiece is an inverted dome in shades of gold surrounded by blue that suggests the sun and the sky.

From his essence, out of his breath, he made the sun, the moon, and the countless stars, and pinned them in the blue vault of the heavens.

Ancient Greece | Ancient Greek statue of a lady with blue and gilt garment, fan and sun hat, from Tanagra, 325-300 BC, Altes Museum, Berlin

This is the meaning of the logo: the keep " Ter Heide " is the symbol for the cultural heritage of Rotselaar, the field tracks symbolise the rural aspects of the municipality and the agriculture, the blue river is the symbol for the three rivers of Rotselaar, the Demer, the Dijle and the Winge, and the lake, the green represents the natural environment and nature reserves of Rotselaar, the plantations and the hills covered with forests, and last but not least, the sun gives Rotselaar blossoming vineyards and refers to the recreational facilities and activities in Rotselaar.

Healthcare professionals recommend eye protection whenever the sun comes out to protect the eyes from ultraviolet radiation ( UV ) and blue light, which can cause several serious eye problems.

The Flag of the Republic of China () is red with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve triangular rays.

He discovered that bees can recognize the desired compass direction in three different ways: by the sun, by the polarization pattern of the blue sky, and by the earth ’ s magnetic field, whereby the sun is used as the main compass, with the alternatives reserved for the conditions arising under cloudy skies or within a dark beehive.

Polarization pattern: Light scattered in a blue sky forms a characteristic pattern of partially polarized light which is dependent on the position of the sun and invisible to human eyes.

Sunset in Knysna, South Africa, displaying the separation of orange colors in the direction from the sun to the observer and the blue components scattered from the surrounding sky.

Scattering is significant for light at all visible wavelengths, but it is stronger at the shorter ( bluer ) end of the visible spectrum, meaning that that the scattered light is more blue than its source, the sun.

The sun is not the only object that may appear less blue in atmosphere.

A league record-setting 105, 121 fans showed up to completely pack Cowboys Stadium for the game before which the traditional " blue star " at the 50 yard line was unveiled for the first time ; however, the Cowboys lost in the final seconds, 33 – 31.

Sexual activity, however, was forbidden, and blue discharge was almost certain if one identified oneself as a lesbian.

The moonlit sky is not perceived as blue, however, because at low light levels human vision comes mainly from rod cells that do not produce any color perception.

Farther up the island, however, the shorter Oregon-Grape and the blue Evergreen Huckleberry is seen less, while tall Oregon-grape and Red Huckleberry predominate.

The three stages ( male, female and sporophyte ) are difficult to distinguish when they are not fertile ; however, the gametophytes often show a blue iridescence.

) In the digital world, however, green has become the favored color because digital cameras retain more detail in the green channel, and it requires less light than blue.

An example is the dichroic prism, used in some camcorders, which uses several coatings to split light into red, green and blue components for recording on separate CCD arrays, however it is now more common to have a Bayer filter to filter individual pixels on a single CCD array.

The colours vary with grade, area of work, and hospital ; however, the male equivalent of sister ( that is, charge nurse ) tend to be shades of blue or dark green: often, this is the only colour to be recognised by the public as signifying a person in authority.

Their blue perception, however, also has UV receptors, allowing them to see ultraviolet lights that some species cannot.

They come in many styles and colors ; however, " blue jeans " are particularly identified with American culture, especially the American Old West.

In some breeds, however, the male may have a pinkish-purple cere and the female may have a pale blue, beige or white cere.

By this time, however, the team writing the system based on the blue cards ( now known as the " Blue Meanies ") were well advanced on what would be released in 1991 as System 7.

The club played in sky blue in 1906, however the fans protested and the colour reverted to royal blue.

There was not, however, a Latin adjective, * livius, " blue.

Further similarities between the victims were noted, however: The disappearances all took place at night, usually near ongoing construction work, within a week of midterm or final exams ; all of the victims were wearing slacks or blue jeans ; and at most crime scenes there were sightings of a man wearing a cast or a sling, and driving a brown or tan Volkswagen Beetle.

Christina's death four years after the childless marriage, however, marked an effective end of the short-lived " alliance ", and the proposed crusade fell into the blue.

Juvenile Green Iguanas from El Salvador are often bright blue as babies, however they lose this color as they get older.

This is however not true in tape recorder applications with four connectors cables where white is always left channel recording and black or sometimes blue is always left channel playback.

A major feature of the blues scale is the use of blue notes, however, since blue notes are considered alternative inflections, a blues scale may be considered to not fit the traditional definition of a scale.

Bluephones, however will still operate if the owner changes the phones metering settings, done by changing a DIP switch inside the phone ( blue phone can recognize either 50 Hz or 12 kHz meter pulses )

Woodchurch had its telegraphs painted blue, but Mountwood's became green and Overchurch had the same telegraph ' heads ' however they were fitted into the wings and main control position in specially built units which also had instruments fitted to them.

Sir John Betjeman, however, a man not noted for his enthusiasm for brutalist architecture, was effusive in his praise and wrote to Lasdun stating that he " gasped with delight at the cube of your theatre in the pale blue sky and a glimpse of St. Paul's to the south of it.

The correlation with activity and color is not certain, however, as the active centaurs span the range of colors from blue ( Chiron ) to red ( 166P / NEAT ).