Brandon Fibbs · @bfibbs
12th Jul 2013 from TwitLonger
"On this turbulent alien world...it possibly rains glass -- sideways -- in howling, 4,500-mph winds. The cobalt blue color comes not from the reflection of a tropical ocean as it does on Earth, but rather a hazy, blow-torched atmosphere containing high clouds laced with silicate particles. Silicates condensing in the heat could form very small drops of glass that scatter blue light more than red light."
http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-hubble-finds-a-true-blue-planet/#.Ud9rdODPWao