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Places

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Blue Sky, Colorado Blue Sky is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Blue Sk ...
, U.S. * Bluesky, Alberta, Canada *
Mount Blue Sky Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent fourteener is located southwest by south ( bearing 214°) of Idaho Springs in Cl ...
, a mountain in Colorado, U.S. formerly called Mount Evans


Science

* Blue skies research (also called blue sky science), scientific research in domains where "real-world" applications are not immediately apparent *
Bluesky Formation The Bluesky Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the hamlet of Bluesky, and was first described in Shell's ''Bluesky No. 1'' well by Badgley in 1952. Lithology ...
, a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin *
Diffuse sky radiation Diffuse sky radiation is solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or particulates in the atmosphere. It is also called sky radiation, the determinative process for chan ...
, solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after Rayleigh scattering * Rayleigh scattering, which causes the sky to appear blue.


Art, entertainment, and media


Animation and gaming

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Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their e ...
, a computer animation studio acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2019 *
BlueSky Software BlueSky Software was an American video game developer based in California. Formed in 1988, BlueSky closed in March 2001, when parent company Titus Interactive was in financial trouble. The BlueSky trademark continued to be owned by Titus Interac ...
, a defunct video game company *
Looking Glass Studios Looking Glass Studios, Inc. (formerly Blue Sky Productions and LookingGlass Technologies, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Paul Neurath with Ned Lerner as Blue Sky Product ...
, a computer game developer originally known as Blue Sky Productions


Film and television

* ''Blue Sky'' (1955 film), a Swedish comedy film * ''Blue Sky'' (1994 film), a film starring Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones *
Blue Sky (TV channel) Blue Sky is a Greek, private regional television station. It started operating in November 1990. It broadcasts digitally from Ymittos, Parnitha and Aegina, covering the region of Attica. Its program includes informative, educational programs as ...
, a Greek regional television station * Blue Sky, blue methamphetamine in the American TV series ''
Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
'', 2008 * Blue Sky programming,
USA Network USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...
's "optimistic" television shows during 2005-2016


Music

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Blue Sky Records Blue Sky Records was a custom record label created by Steve Paul for Columbia Records, featuring acts managed by Steve Paul, primarily blues-oriented performers Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Dan Hartman, David Johansen, and Muddy Wa ...
, a record label started by manager Steve Paul * ''Blue Sky'' (album), a 2012 album by Jinny Ng


Songs

* "Blue Sky" (song), a song by The Allman Brothers Band * "Blue Sky", a song by rapper Common, from the album '' The Dreamer/The Believer'' * "Blue Sky", a song by Patti Griffin, from the album ''
Flaming Red ''Flaming Red'' is Patty Griffin's second album. It was released on June 23, 1998, and reached number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart. According to ''Billboard'', the album has sold 122,000 copies in the U.S. up to May 2004. Caulfield, Keith"Ask B ...
'' * "Blue Sky", a song by
Emily West Emily Marie Nemmers (born July 9, 1981) is an American music artist, who performs and records under the name Emily West. Signed to Capitol Records Nashville, she debuted on ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Songs charts in early 2008 with the single " ...
* "The Blue Sky", a song by A-ha, from the album ''
Hunting High and Low ''Hunting High and Low'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian new wave band A-ha, released on 1 June 1985 in the United States and 28 October 1985 in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, reachin ...
''


Other art, entertainment, and media

* ''Blue Sky'' (manga), a 2007 Japanese manga *
Blue sky memo The Blue sky memo was a document authored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The premise of the memo was to describe actions the CIA should undertake if it did not have to operate under legal, financial, and political restrictions (that is t ...
, a document authored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)


Business

* Blue Sky Airlines, an airline in Armenia *
Blue Sky Aviation Services Blue Sky Aviation Services is a domestic airline in Kenya. It has offices in Nairobi and Mombasa. The airline began operation in 1996 with a single Cessna 402. Their operating fleet consists of three Let L-410 Turbolet, model E9s and E20s. The Let ...
, a domestic airline in Kenya *
Blue Sky Beverage Company Blue Sky Beverage Company was a beverage company that produced soft drinks and energy drinks. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Monster Beverage Corporation. The company was established in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1980, where it remained un ...
, a soft drink manufacturer * Blue sky law, state laws in the United States that regulate the offering and sale of securities


Software

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Bluesky (social network) Bluesky, also known as Bluesky Social, is a microblogging social platform and a public benefit corporation based in the United States. Jay Graber serves as the company's CEO, while Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and XMPP creator Jeremie Mille ...
, a social media platform, based on a distributed networking protocol *
BlueSky Open Platform BlueSky Open Platform is an open-source software e-learning project designed to balance education resources between well-developed Chinese cities and poor regions of China. It was a collaboration between Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaoto ...
, an open source e-learning solution


Other uses

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BlueSky Charter School BlueSky was the first charter school in Minnesota to be completely online, following on from Mindquest, which was the first online public high school. When BlueSky opened, a law was passed that made online schools have to spend at least two days ...
, an online school for Minnesota citizens * Blue Sky, a rainbow code for the
Fairey Fireflash Fireflash was the United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force. Constructed by Fairey Aviation, the missile utilised radar beam riding guidance. Fireflash had relatively limited performance and requi ...
air-to-air missile * Blue Sky navigation pod, an airborne navigational/attack pod *
Blue Sky (artist) Blue Sky is the legal name (formerly Warren Edward Johnson) of an American painter and sculptor best known for his mural, ''Tunnelvision''. Biography Blue Sky was born on September 18, 1938, in Columbia, South Carolina, as Warren Edward John ...
(born 1938), American painter and sculptor formerly known as Warren Edward Johnson *
Blue Sky Solar Racing Blue Sky Solar Racing is a student-run team at the University of Toronto that designs and constructs Solar vehicle, solar powered vehicles to race in international competitions. The team was founded in 1997 and has produced eight vehicles that h ...
, a solar car racing team based at the University of Toronto


See also

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Blue Skies (disambiguation) Blue Skies may refer to: Film and television * ''Blue Skies'' (1929 film), an American drama film * ''Blue Skies'' (1946 film), a musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire * ''Blue Skies'' (2002 film), a Canadian short drama film directe ...
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Black sky (disambiguation) ''Black Sky'' (Spanish: ''Cielo negro'') is a 1951 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Mur Oti and starring Susana Canales, Fernando Rey and Luis Prendes.Mira p.259 A woman working in a shop falls in love with a bohemian poet. Cast * Susana ...
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Big Sky (disambiguation) Big Sky may refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Big Sky'' (film), a 2015 film directed by Jorge Michel Grau * ''The Big Sky'' (film), a 1952 film by Howard Hawks, adapted from the novel Music Albums * ''Big Sky'', a 2000 album by Highway ...
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Mr. Blue Sky "Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album '' Out of the Blue'' (1977). Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto fo ...
", a song by ELO {{disambiguation, geo