Dyeing the liffey blue all year round

battries not included

Just wondering why can't they council (or whoever is in charge) put a blue dye into the river liffey as opposed to looking at the horrible green.

bleg

Water isn't naturally blue...

Sunnyisland

batteries not included wrote: »

Just wondering why can't they council (or whoever is in charge) put a blue dye into the river liffey as opposed to looking at the horrible green.

And they could throw in a ton of radox to gives us some suds,sure it be great craic.:)

Logical Fallacy

bleg wrote: »

Water isn't naturally blue...

Unless you are in a Bounty ad.

And that's only because using a yellow liquid would look like you were cleaning up piss.

Riamfada

they should dye it clear ... idiots

battries not included

Riamfada wrote: »

they should dye it clear ... idiots

How would we see it then

bleg

Riamfada wrote: »

they should dye it clear ... idiots

Something can be clear and still have a colour.:pac::pac::pac:

EoghanConway

bleg wrote: »

Water isn't naturally blue...

Actually, it is.

bleg

EoghanConway wrote: »

Actually, it is.

Ah yea but only with very large bodies of water in the open environment.

im invisible

bleg wrote: »

Water isn't naturally blue...

yes it is

EoghanConway

bleg wrote: »

Ah yea but only with very large bodies of water in the open environment.

Not as big as you might think, you'd notice it in an olympic standard swimming pool. And that's not the chlorine.

Samich

im invisible wrote: »

yes it is

No it's not, it's the skies reflection

Robdude

Because the country is bankrupt....

/the end

Mycroft H

Samich wrote: »

No it's not, it's the skies reflection

No its not. Its the selective absorption and reflection of different wavelengths of light.

senorwipesalot

They could put a giant toilet block at the source.

44leto

bleg wrote: »

Water isn't naturally blue...

I thought it was, oxygen is slightly blue hence the blue skys and deep clear blue oceans.

battries not included

bleg wrote: »

Water isn't naturally blue...

I never mentioned natural blue colour, merely I would think a blue colour would be better over the green mulch colour it is today.

Lumbo

They could start by cleaning the River at Hueston bridge.

Considering it's potentially the first place people traveling to Dublin see, it's a disgrace that it's not looked after.

bleg

44leto wrote: »

I thought it was, oxygen is slightly blue hence the blue skys and deep clear blue oceans.

The depths of the oceans are in pretty much complete darkness. Blue skies are due to refraction of light.

FruitLover

Samich wrote: »

No it's not, it's the skies reflection

The sky contributes significantly to the blue look of large bodies of water (as do minerals dissolved in sea water), but water is also slightly blue itself (as is oxygen, believe it or not).

Logical Fallacy

bleg wrote: »

The depths of the oceans are in pretty much complete darkness. Blue skies are due to refraction of light.

So is the blue in water.

Old Tom

battries not included wrote: »

Just wondering why can't they council (or whoever is in charge) put a blue dye into the river liffey as opposed to looking at the horrible green.

They did, but as the blue mixed with yellow piss it simply turned green.

FTGFOP

To think of how blue water is naturally, think of a swimming pool. Clean water is a very pale blue but in large amounts it's blue hue is obvious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_of_water

Badly Drunk Boy

battries not included wrote: »

Just wondering why can't they council (or whoever is in charge) put a blue dye into the river liffey as opposed to looking at the horrible green.

The last time I saw the Liffey it was beautifully clear, not murky green. Could that be because I saw it in Kildare, before the Dubs pollute it?

Lumbo

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The last time I saw the Liffey it was beautifully clear, not murky green. Could that be because I saw it in Kildare, before the Dubs pollute it?

Kildare put all their **** in the Liffey at Leixlip (Crafty bastards).

Sunnyisland

senorwipesalot wrote: »

They could put a giant toilet block at the source.

They have one, its called kildare :pac:

The colour we see when looking at the surface of a body of water is the combination of the reflection of the sky and the intrinsic colour of the water. That is why the sea looks blue on fine days and looks grey-blue on overcast days. (Example) The colour we see when we look through a body of water is indeed blue, because water molecules absorb the red end of the spectrum more than the blue.

Duiske

Lumbo wrote: »

They could start by cleaning the River at Hueston bridge.

Considering it's potentially the first place people traveling to Dublin see, it's a disgrace that it's not looked after.

And slaughter those feck'in seagulls. with their precision guided bird turds.

oppenheimer1

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The last time I saw the Liffey it was beautifully clear, not murky green. Could that be because I saw it in Kildare, before the Dubs pollute it?

The Liffey is brown not because it is polluted but because it has picked up natural tannins from flowing through bog.

44leto

The liffey is clean, it is one of the few rivers going through a million+ city that still has Salmon spawning in it. The Thames has as well but only after massive investment and restocking.

I THINK it is this time of year you will see them going up the river from any of the city bridges.

Sindri

Water is wet............