You’re probably right, but atmosphere depth isn’t a minor impact. It’s visually observable from almost anywhere in the world by watching a sunrise or sunset in a clear day: the sun, which can’t be comfortably stared at at noon, is often watchable as it approaches and sinks behind the horizon. At even 0% occlusion, the ambient light levels are dramatically lower than at noon, and that’s due almost entirely to just the atmosphere.
Granted the line between clouds and “pure” atmosphere is fuzzy. There’s a lot of particulate matter, smog, pollen, non-cloud-formed water vapor.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Thanks!
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