Something I am noticing in pics from the 2000's is that the sky looks more saturated blue.

Am I only the only one who thinks this?

Think about that question for a second.

Haha I also think like this. This is why the early 2000s are considered so colorful.

I remember them as clear blue.

Haha I also think like this. This is why the early 2000s are considered so colorful.

I remember them as clear blue.


The sky seems more dull blue rather than vibrant blue, people on the Mandella effect reddit think so as well.

The sun also seems less yellow and more white now

No I haven't noticed this. The air is a lot cleaner around my parts than in the early 2000s after they shut all the coal plants down.

No I haven't noticed this. The air is a lot cleaner around my parts than in the early 2000s after they shut all the coal plants down.
I have not noticed any difference. London, UK, had the Clean Air Act in 1956 to clear away the 'smog'. Most of the time in London there is cloud cover, so the blueness depends on where you are to view it.

I will bear this in mind when I view older photos.

No, they were black and white.  ::)

I have not noticed any difference. London, UK, had the Clean Air Act in 1956 to clear away the 'smog'. Most of the time in London there is cloud cover, so the blueness depends on where you are to view it.

I will bear this in mind when I view older photos.


Smog was a fact of life in Ontario in the 2000s. Thankfully, in 2007 we started phasing out coal (and the Great Recession decimating the large manufacturing base in the American Rust Belt), there hasn't been a smog advisory here since 2013, and most people can really tell :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUhinxjWwAEuR3w.png

Growing up as a kid in the late 1990s/early 2000s, almost half the kids at my school had asthma (including my brother).  :-\\ Thankfully, it is less common nowadays.

Fhemtraila

Fhemtraila
Exactly as I thought of overnight, when lying in bed trying to get asleep. Those vapour trails from aircraft.

I'm not sure about the sky but the grass was a lot greener  ;D

I'm not sure about the sky but the grass was a lot greener  ;D
...and was greener on the other side of the fence.

Yes. I don't believe in a lot of conspiracy theories but the chemtrail one I kinda do believe. Or if not chemtrials then pollution in general. I specifically remember the sky being more blue and the sun being yellow (not white like it is today) when I was a kid in the early 2000s.

Yes. I don't believe in a lot of conspiracy theories but the chemtrail one I kinda do believe. Or if not chemtrials then pollution in general. I specifically remember the sky being more blue and the sun being yellow (not white like it is today) when I was a kid in the early 2000s.
Global warming?

Yes. I don't believe in a lot of conspiracy theories but the chemtrail one I kinda do believe. Or if not chemtrials then pollution in general. I specifically remember the sky being more blue and the sun being yellow (not white like it is today) when I was a kid in the early 2000s.


Are you serious? :o

What do you believe about "chem trails"? ;D

Global warming?

Yeah probably. I noticed a lot of old folks saying the same thing. The sun used to look like an incandescent light and now it looks sort of artificial like a fluorescent light because the sun is white now. It could be a mandella effect type thing too. I heard many say the sky was more blue as well. And that many clouds are shaped differently. It all depends on what you believe.

What do you believe about "chem trails"? ;D

I haven't done enough research on the subject to tell you, so I don't know what it's about or what it would be used for. But I do believe it is possible and open minded to it.

Yeah probably. I noticed a lot of old folks saying the same thing. The sun used to look like an incandescent light and now it looks sort of artificial like a fluorescent light because the sun is white now. It could be a mandella effect type thing too. I heard many say the sky was more blue as well. And that many clouds are shaped differently. It all depends on what you believe.

If we are supposed to be heading to another Ice Age, has does that account for Global Warming?

If we are supposed to be heading to another Ice Age, has does that account for Global Warming?

I have no clue  :-\\

If we are supposed to be heading to another Ice Age, has does that account for Global Warming?


CO2 is a green house gas. If there is a lot of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it will get hot regardless of ice age.

If you lived in my city pre-1999, there was a roughly 80% guarantee of a white Christmas. But not anymore!  ::)  ::)  ::)

Global warming, and all.

CO2 is a green house gas. If there is a lot of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it will get hot regardless of ice age.
...and

Global emissions of CO2 in 2017 are projected to rise for the first time in four years, dashing hopes that a peak might soon be reached. The main cause of the expected growth has been greater use of coal in China as its economy expanded. Researchers are uncertain if the rise in emissions is a one-off or the start of a new period of CO2 build-up. Scientists say that a global peak in CO2 before 2020 is needed to limit dangerous global warming this century.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41941265

Hate to say this guys but 10 years is a minimal amount of time for the effects of climate change to be noticed.

Dare I say you guys are looking back with somewhat (blue) tinted glasses?

;)

Was the grass more greener in the 2000's?

Was the grass more greener in the 2000's?


Désertification, drought and flooding in many parts of the world lead me to say, on average, yes.

But if you live in northern areas like Alaska, Canada, Greenland or Russia, the Arctic is also becoming more green. So the white/brown tundra has been replaced by green grass in the warmer months in a few places.

Something I am noticing in pics from the 2000's is that the sky looks more saturated blue.

Am I only the only one who thinks this?

Think about that question for a second.

Yes, the sun shined every day and birds sang it was always perfect!  :D

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4526/24660817228_cdf7997c12.jpg

Here's a photo I took back in May 2008, with my Kodak digital camera. I honestly don't think there's much of a difference in how "blue" the sky is...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4526/24660817228_cdf7997c12.jpg

Here's a photo I took back in May 2008, with my Kodak digital camera. I honestly don't think there's much of a difference in how "blue" the sky is...


That's beautiful.

Here's a photo I took back in May 2008, with my Kodak digital camera. I honestly don't think there's much of a difference in how "blue" the sky is...

It's probably a Mandela effect then.

Here's a picture from June 2000 in the Swiss Alps.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/24/d4/c3/24d4c31c026ef5f6fb394c614ebb28e5.jpg

It's probably a Mandela effect then.


It could be, but I highly doubt it, to be honest. While it has been proven that greenhouse gases do effect the atmosphere, the affects of it wouldn't be noticeable at all in the span of just nine years. The sky wouldn't look noticeably different now to how it did back in 2008, when I took that photo.

Has anyone considered the idea that the changes in the appearance of the sky in photos could simply be due to the camera devices themselves? As technology advances, so does the quality of the photographs. You could take a photo of the sky right now with a polaroid camera, and it would look completely different to a photo of the sky taken on an SLR camera.


That's beautiful.


Thanks. :)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4526/24660817228_cdf7997c12.jpg

Here's a photo I took back in May 2008, with my Kodak digital camera. I honestly don't think there's much of a difference in how "blue" the sky is...


that's a beautiful photo. :)

that's a beautiful photo. :)


Thanks Howard. :)

The London sky today, before the snow looking clouds casted over, how does this compare to the 2000s?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Blue%20Sky.jpg?t=1511954858

The London sky today, before the snow looking clouds casted over, how does this compare to the 2000s?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Blue%20Sky.jpg?t=1511954858


Do you know what time of day this was taken at?

Do you know what time of day this was taken at?
Around 9:30 this morning.

The London sky today, before the snow looking clouds casted over, how does this compare to the 2000s?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Blue%20Sky.jpg?t=1511954858


That looks like the sky alright.

The London sky today, before the snow looking clouds casted over, how does this compare to the 2000s?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Blue%20Sky.jpg?t=1511954858

I'm not sure but I know a lot of older people who say the sky looked bluer than that in the 1960s.

I'm not sure but I know a lot of older people who say the sky looked bluer than that in the 1960s.


Less air pollution

I think the sky's is about the same color as in my first memory . 

I think the sky's is about the same color as in my first memory .


Yeah but your first memory didn't occur in the 2000s and that's what this thread is about....

But in my opinion, the bluest sky was before humans existed.

The London sky today, before the snow looking clouds casted over, how does this compare to the 2000s?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/Blue%20Sky.jpg?t=1511954858
The sky today is more hazy..

Less air pollution

I’d say there was MORE air pollution then since there weren’t as many regulations in place  ;).
I didn’t realize the colour of the sky changes every decade ???

I’d say there was MORE air pollution then since there weren’t as many regulations in place  ;).
I didn’t realize the colour of the sky changes every decade ???

It gets less blue as time goes on due to pollution in the atmosphere. Many people remember the sky being more clear. Regulations don't help.

Here's a picture I just took now:

https://i.imgur.com/CPT55ss.jpg

I don't remember the sky being anymore blue than this during the 2000s lol :P

Here's a picture I just took now:

https://i.imgur.com/CPT55ss.jpg

I don't remember the sky being anymore blue than this during the 2000s lol :P

Now THAT'S how the sky is supposed to look like. You must be in a non-polluted araa.

Here's a picture I just took now:

https://i.imgur.com/CPT55ss.jpg

I don't remember the sky being anymore blue than this during the 2000s lol :P
Yes, nice and clear there.

Clear blue sky from 2012 can also be seen here.

Maybe Titor had a point.. Look at the sky in the background of this video from 1999.

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Here in London, the brilliant blue sky is gradually being covered by clouds.

Blue sky back in March

http://i65.tinypic.com/9ulmrq.jpg

Blue sky back in March

http://i65.tinypic.com/9ulmrq.jpg
A perfect image!

A perfect image!


And it was a perfect day. Nothing like recently with all the rain we’ve had.

And it was a perfect day. Nothing like recently with all the rain we’ve had.
The weather seemed fine for Triathlon last week?

The weather seemed fine for Triathlon last week?


It was better last week yes.

It was better last week yes.
O0

The clouds here are turning darker.

Taken September 2017, one of my favourite views of London, while relaxing waiting for a family event was due to happen.

https://oi293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/2017-09-12%2009.50.04.jpg

The weather seemed fine for Triathlon last week?


It was better last week yes.
There is  a Triathlon in Nottingham right now (on BBC2), and it is tipping down there!

There is  a Triathlon in Nottingham right now (on BBC2), and it is tipping down there!


It did here too earlier, for about 5 minutes. All dry now though.

It did here too earlier, for about 5 minutes. All dry now though.
It has all hit us now. No chance of blue skies now.

O0

The clouds here are turning darker.


Did they say rain?

"Raindrops falling from heaven
Will never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I'll wait for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see"

Did they say rain?
I heard the rhythm of the rain.

Blue sky back in March

http://i65.tinypic.com/9ulmrq.jpg


Beautiful spring!

There is this one photo I took in winter where I thought the sky looked particularly blue

https://i.imgur.com/EyXk4nG.jpg

By the way, March in Canada is more like this (another pic where I thought the sky was particularly blue) ;D

https://i.imgur.com/Gsq6662.jpg

Beautiful spring!

There is this one photo I took in winter where I thought the sky looked particularly blue

https://i.imgur.com/EyXk4nG.jpg

By the way, March in Canada is more like this (another pic where I thought the sky was particularly blue) ;D

https://i.imgur.com/Gsq6662.jpg
O0

Delightful photos!

Why Is the Sky Blue?

Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.

Why Is the Sky Blue?

Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.


It would look purple-ish blue if human eyes had the ability to see ultraviolet.

https://previews.123rf.com/images/vladj55/vladj551806/vladj55180600284/103518960-ultraviolet-sky-with-clouds-beautiful-nature-texture-abstract-background-color-of-the-year-2018-ultr.jpg

Beautiful spring!

There is this one photo I took in winter where I thought the sky looked particularly blue

By the way, March in Canada is more like this (another pic where I thought the sky was particularly blue) ;D



I visited Canada back in Feb/March 2008 and it was definitely quite a shock to the system. The coldest temperature I experienced in the UK was -7C, and the day we landed in Toronto it was like -18.  ;D

I love the snow though. Great pics. The combination of pure white snow and deep blue sky never ceases to impress me.

No it wasn't. The sky has always been different shades of blue depending on where you are around this Earth combined with the sun and the clouds. Honestly, I feel like the sky is bluer to everyone when they were kids and then as an adult the sky looks dimmer. I mean a lot of colors looked brighter to me as a kid compared to now.

Beautiful spring!

There is this one photo I took in winter where I thought the sky looked particularly blue

https://i.imgur.com/EyXk4nG.jpg

By the way, March in Canada is more like this (another pic where I thought the sky was particularly blue) ;D

https://i.imgur.com/Gsq6662.jpg


very nice photos. :)

It is true the sky produces different colours depending where you are and depending what position in the sky you look at. I think it has something to do with the ozone layer.

The weather is definitely a bit more messed up than it was in the 2000s with very fickle yearly patterns, but that's the side effects of global warming showing :(

It was more blue where I live in the 2000s and early 2010s than now.

I've thought about this before, but more when talking about pre-1980. Color photos from the 50s, 60s, and 70s look more colorful. I think it just has to do with technology though, if we had HD footage from that time it wouldn't look as weird.

I agree it could be the technology in photography.

May even be our eyes as they age and aren't as good as they used to be.

I don't notice anything drastically different here.

I think it's the different camera quality back then, not the sky itself.

skies never change.

skies never change.
Clouds do!

YES. :D

Clouds do!


"The clouds never expect it
When it rains
But the sea changes colors
But the sea
Does not change
And so with the slow graceful flow
Of age
I went forth with an age old
Desire to please
On the edge of seventeen"
-Stevie Nicks
1981

"The sky was blue
And high above
The moon was new
And so was love
This eager heart of mine was singing
Lover where can you be"

From "Lover, Come Back to Me" a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg.

"If you were a cloud, and sailed up there,
You'd sail on the water as blue as air.
And you'd see me here in the fields and say:
"Doesn't the sky look green today?"
-AA Milne

This verse was also used by Jefferson Airplane in their 1967 song "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" written by Paul Kantner.

"Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but blue skies from now on"

"Blue Skies"  written by Irving Berlin.

Mr. Blue Sky
Electric Light Orchestra

Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin' everybody's in the play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day, hey hey
Runnin' down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly in the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today, hey hey
Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration, Mr. Blue Sky's up there waitin'
And today is the day we've waited for
Oh Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there Mr. Blue
We're so pleased…

"Why is my heart so light?
Why are the stars so bright?
Why is the sky so blue
Since the hour I met you?"

This Is My Song" written by Charlie Chaplin

The sky wasn't blue until recently

This article made Japanese make way more sense. I always wondered why they called grass, apples and green traffic lights "blue" (aoi) instead of green (midori).

I haven't seen a blue sky in ages. The sky is always gray everyday these days.

I haven't seen a blue sky in ages. The sky is always gray everyday these days.


Is that where you live?

With this global warming and the recent heatwave the skies here have certainly much more bluer.

It all went downhill starting in 1998!  :D  :D  :D

With this global warming and the recent heatwave the skies here have certainly much more bluer.

Chem trails are making the sky gray and smoky. The sky was definitely more blue back in the day.

Chem trails are making the sky gray and smoky. The sky was definitely more blue back in the day.


Vapour trails from air craft are not a new phenomenon.

Vapour trails from air craft are not a new phenomenon.

I suppose it's not "new" since they've been spraying the sky for a while now. Not exactly sure when they started. But it's certainly not natural or normal or the same as how it was before.

I suppose it's not "new" since they've been spraying the sky for a while now. Not exactly sure when they started. But it's certainly not natural or normal or the same as how it was before.
Contrails form when the warm moist exhaust fumes from an aircraft mixes with the cold ambient air producing ice crystal clouds, and started when jet plane travel started.

I suppose it's not "new" since they've been spraying the sky for a while now. Not exactly sure when they started. But it's certainly not natural or normal or the same as how it was before.


It is just water

Chem trails are making the sky gray and smoky. The sky was definitely more blue back in the day.

It's probably because of the automobiles.

It is just water
Ice crystal clouds?

It's probably because of the automobiles.
Nothing to do with motorcars, more suspicious about the methane produced by cattle.

The whole premise of this thread is that the sky looks more blue in photographs. The problem with this is that when photos are developed the operator uses their own judgement for the various colour settings for each print run. The only way to compare colours of anything would be to use the same camera, camera setting, film type, lighting level and settings on the colour photo printing process. (I don’t know exactly how much these might vary, but I have done some black and white processing in the past and know how much these can be fiddled)

The whole premise of this thread is that the sky looks more blue in photographs. The problem with this is that when photos are developed the operator uses their own judgement for the various colour settings for each print run. The only way to compare colours of anything would be to use the same camera, camera setting, film type, lighting level and settings on the colour photo printing process. (I don’t know exactly how much these might vary, but I have done some black and white processing in the past and know how much these can be fiddled)
... and the need for same patch of sky?

The whole premise of this thread is that the sky looks more blue in photographs. The problem with this is that when photos are developed the operator uses their own judgement for the various colour settings for each print run. The only way to compare colours of anything would be to use the same camera, camera setting, film type, lighting level and settings on the colour photo printing process. (I don’t know exactly how much these might vary, but I have done some black and white processing in the past and know how much these can be fiddled)


This topic was always meant as a complete joke. Consider who started it.

I suppose it's not "new" since they've been spraying the sky for a while now. Not exactly sure when they started. But it's certainly not natural or normal or the same as how it was before.


Citation please.

Please stop making statements as if they are facts without any documentation (or even theory) to back them up.

Citation please.

Please stop making statements as if they are facts without any documentation (or even theory) to back them up.

Just do some research into it. There is a lot that they aren't telling us. I can't say too much on here but look up HAARP.

Back in 1995 it was blue sky with clouds.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/inside-toy-stories/images/9/99/Classic_Toy_Story_Clouds.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161223043359

Back in 1995 it was blue sky with clouds.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/inside-toy-stories/images/9/99/Classic_Toy_Story_Clouds.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161223043359


I see that I hear this music in my head:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTa6Xbzfq1U


Cat

I see that I hear this music in my head:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTa6Xbzfq1U


Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s

Nothing to do with motorcars, more suspicious about the methane produced by cattle.

How is that possible?  ???

How is that possible?  ???
Methane (CH4) is a hydrocarbon that is a primary component of natural gas. Methane is also a greenhouse gas (GHG), so its presence in the atmosphere affects the earth's temperature and climate system. Methane is emitted from a variety of anthropogenic (human-influenced) and natural sources.

I definitely believe in chemtrails, they're always trying to block our view of the stars at night. The reasons I believe that are rather extreme so I won't go into detail. But yeah the sky's probably always getting bleaker each year