Do other planets have blue skies?

The planets Uranus and Neptune also have blue skies, but for different
reasons than the Earth. The Earth has blue skies because dust in the air
scatters blue light very well. Uranus and Neptune have blue skies
because their atmospheres are made of a gas (methane) which has a bluish
tint.

Sincerely,
Kurtis Williams

"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and
whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the
denominator the smaller the fraction. " -- Lev Tolstoy

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